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White House panic: Secret

Service scrambled after man
sets himself on fire
 THE WHITE House was put on lockdown today after a man set himself on fire.

By CLAIRE ANDERSON

PUBLISHED: 00:12, Sat, Apr 13, 2019 | UPDATED: 08:14, Sat, Apr 13, 2019

White House: Man apprehended after trying to set himself on fire

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Photos taken at the scene show security personnel with a person on the ground. Police and
amublance crews are in attendance. Nicholas Kristof, a columnist with the New York Times, said:
“Someone apparently set himself on fire in front of the White House just now. I was coming out of
the West Wing, and the Secret Service isn’t letting anyone out onto Pennsylvania Ave. They say
there were also suspicious packages.

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“The whole area in front of the White House is now secured. Nobody coming in, and we aren’t
allowed out.”
The Secret Service said on Twitter: “ALERT: Secret Service personnel are responding to a
police/medical incident on Pennsylvania Ave. along the WhiteHouse North Fence Line.”

They later indicated it was an accidental fire.

They said: "A male subject operating an electronic wheelchair-type scooter lit his outer jacket on
fire while sitting along Pennsylvania Ave. outside the North Fence Line. Uniformed Division
Officers immediately responded, extinguished the fire and rendered first aid.
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The White House is in lockdown due to a security alert (Image: REUTERS)

"The male subject has been transported to a local hospital with what appears to be non-life
threatening injuries."

However, Daniel Kingery, a 57-year-old voter rights activist, said the man was holding up his
burning jacket and recording the incident, which appeared to be a demonstration.

Mr Gingery said: ”He wasn't obeying their order to put it down, so it was definitely some sort of a
protest.

“The Secret Service put out the fire, knocked him out of the scooter, and dragged him to a statue
in nearby Lafayette Square where other officials were waiting.”
 President Donald Trump was in the White House but not in danger, a CNN reporter said (Image: GETTY)

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 The Secret Service closed Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House to pedestrian traffic,
and a nearby block of 17th Street was closed as well.

At least portions of the White House complex were locked down.

News video showed emergency medical personnel arriving to tend to a person who police had
surrounded on the ground.

President Donald Trump was in the White House but not in danger, a CNN reporter said on
Twitter.

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