Man on electric scooter tries to set himself on fire outside White HouseA man on an electric scooter has attempted to set fire to himself outside of the White House in Washington DC with US President Donald Trump nearby.
Police and ambulance crews rushed to the scene around 3pm (8pm BST) as a man in an electric scooter suddenly attempted to set himself ablaze. The person was later seen being carried away from the presidential residence in Pennsylvania Avenue.
President Donald Trump was giving an impromptu press conference about immigration at the time.
Secret Service tweeted: "A male subject operating an electronic wheelchair-type scooter lit his outer jacket on fire while sitting along Pennsylvania Avenue outside the North Fence Line. "Uniformed Division Officers immediately responded, extinguished the fire and rendered first aid."
It later added: "The male subject has been transported to a local hospital with what appears to be non-life threatening injuries."
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