Tanning bed ignites small fire at Toscana Park Tiki Tan by Sarah Rice (srice@wsbt.com) 
Firefighters were called to the Tiki Tan at Toscana Park on Gumwood north of S.R. 23 in Mishawaka after a tanning bed started on fire on May 15, 2008. (WSBT photo)
By Beth Boehne
Story Created: May 15, 2008 at 11:04 AM EDT
Story Updated: May 15, 2008 at 1:59 PM EDT
MISHAWAKA — Firefighters were called to a tanning salon in Mishawaka Thursday morning after a tanning bed started on fire while a woman was using it.
Multimedia It happened at the Tiki Tan in the Toscana Park shopping center on Gumwood just north of S.R. 23.
The fire started in a high-pressure tanning bed. The woman who was using the bed at the time says she was a little shook up but she can laugh about it now.
“I had my goggles on, of course my eyes were closed and I smelled fire," Desi'ree Himes told WSBT News. "I tried to get the fire extinguisher in there and we were trying to get it out and stuff and by then trying to get dressed on top of that!”
The fire marshal is trying to determine the cause of the fire. The owner told WSBT News it appears the fire may have been caused by a short in the electrical cabinet located inside the bed.
Nothing else was damaged and no one was hurt.
The store and several surrounding businesses were evacuated as a precaution.
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