
SUMTER, S.C. (AP) -- Officials say a 62-year-old homeless man has died after the van he lived in caught fire.
Sumter County Coroner Verna Moore says Rafael Lara died Friday night from smoke inhalation and burns.
Sumter police Chief Patty Patterson says foul play is not suspected.
Store owner Nicolas Torres says Lara would park his van behind Torres' store, at a nearby house or by the Piggly Wiggly grocery store.
Torres says Lara was in bad health and recently been released from the hospital after a bout with pneumonia.

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