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Tanning bed bursts into flames; man escapes

By Shawn Cetrone - The (Rock Hill) Herald

Published: Tue, Mar. 10, 2009 08:32AM

Modified Tue, Mar. 10, 2009 08:35AM

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LAKE WYLIE, S.C. -- A man escaped from a tanning bed as it burst into flames, sparking a fire that evacuated a Lake Wylie shopping center and damaged several stores Monday, authorities said.

No one, including the man in the bed, was hurt. But several stores in the Bethel Commons strip mall off S.C. 274 and S.C. 49 suffered smoke damage that will likely keep them closed most of the week, said Bethel Fire Chief Don Love.

Authorities are investigating what ignited the bed at Ultratan.