Internet Archive, a non-profit digital library that archives websites and keeps electronic forms of cultural artifacts, lost one of its 30 scanning buildings to a fire at around 4 a.m. on the morning of Nov. 6, in San Francisco’s Richmond District.

The fire did not spread to any other archive buidings, Brewster Kahle, the founder and digital librarian at Internet Archive, told Mashable. It did damage a church, business and residence, though, and eight people were displaced as of this morning.

We have had a fire in a scanning center. No one hurt. Our data and main building are safe, and website back soon.

— Internet Archive (@internetarchive) November 6, 2013 Read more...

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