Tanning Bed Bursts Into Flames With Man Inside

[Anubis Raptor]

Malfunctioning tanning bed + Human being = Fail

 

[Mdizzle]

I'm still laughing at the title. I guess that makes me morbid or something.

How bad is tanning supposed to be for your skin anyways? I mean, if you're anyone other than Crispy Dude.

 

[Carcharodon]

How bad is tanning supposed to be for your skin anyways? I mean, if you're anyone other than Crispy Dude.

Bad enough to alter your DNA.

 

[Mdizzle]

Well I mean how much worse/better is it for you than getting naturally baked in the sun.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

Wait a second... The man was inside?

No wonder he didn't want to give his name. I can't imagine any dude going to a tanning salon in the middle of March.

you don't get out much do you? lol I remember half of the guys in my highschool going to tanning beds during the winter months. And i'm from the middle of no where ohio

 

[Double Down]

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.


The man who escaped declined to give his name but said he was working on his tan when he heard a popping noise, then saw a flame at the corner of the tanning bed near his foot. He threw open the lid and jumped out, he said.

When firefighters arrived around 4:15 p.m. "smoke was pouring out of all sides of the building," said Bethel Assistant Fire Chief David Long. By 5:30 p.m. the fire was out and smoke cleared.

http://www.newsobserver.com/front/story/1436088.html

On the plus side, they gave him a gift certificate for three free tanning sessions.

 

[terry78]

On the plus side, they gave him a gift certificate for three free tanning sessions.

*in high pitched voice* IRONNYYYYYYYY!

 

[Carcharodon]

Well I mean how much worse/better is it for you than getting naturally baked in the sun.

Not sure, actually. I think that you get a higher dose of UV radiation in a tanning bed, though. Either thing is bad, though.

 

[Mdizzle]

Besides the crispiness factor, I wouldn't do it because I'm a bit of a claustrophobic. To me it seems like lying in a coffin, eek.