- The unidentified man set himself on fire on Wednesday on the Ellipse park in downtown Washington D.C.
- Video of the incident showed the man walking calmly across the Ellipse near the Washington Mall, an area popular with tourists, with flames covering his body
- Service staff could be seen towards him with a fire extinguisher to put out the blaze man is said to have suffered burns to 85 percent of his body and was transported to hospital with 'life threatening injuries'
- There have been several security incidents at the White House in recent years
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