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In a tragic incident, a man who is currently in a life-threatening condition in Hospital, set himself on fire in front of the White House.
The secret service said that a man set himself on fire Wednesday in front of site seers on the Ellipse in downtown Washington, across from the White House.
He was quickly surrounded by police officers who extinguished the him. He reportedly suffered severe burns on his body.
The man who is yet to be identified, set himself on fire roughly 12.20 pm(local time) according to the secret service.
At approximately 12:20 p.m. a man lit himself on fire on the Ellipse near 15th and Constitution Ave., Secret Service personnel are on scene assisting @NatlParkService and @usparkpolicepio in rendering first aid.
— U.S. Secret Service (@SecretService) May 29, 2019
Alina Berzins, a 17-year-old recent high school graduate from Lorton, Virginia, told international reporters that she was visiting the National Mall with two of her cousins from Bolivia when “we saw this man” on the Ellipse and “he starts running, and then we saw him covered in flames.”
“He started to walk” and then “cops started coming to the area and he collapsed,” Berzins said. The fire then was extinguished, she said.
Berzins said that she and the other passersby in the area were stunned by the sight of the man.
“Everybody was in shock,” Berzins said. “I was in shock.”
Berzins’ father posted on Twitter a video that his daughter took of the incident.
@FoxNews Video of the person that was literally engulfed in flames on the #WhiteHouse lawn. Unbelievable pic.twitter.com/4IS37Rndme
— Krisjan Berzins (@KrisjanBerzins) May 29, 2019