Man Burns Himself To Death Near White House After Mueller Press Conference

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Footage has emerged of a man setting himself on fire in Elipse Park, Washington D.C. as secret service agents try to save him.

Disturbing video footage has emerged of a man setting himself on fire near the White House, just two hours after Robert Mueller’s bombshell press conference, and calmly walking around while Secret Service agents and police tried to put out the flames. 

According to the U.K. Daily Mail, it’s not clear why the man set himself on fire and burned himself to death. However, some media outlets are implicitly tying the two events together after Mueller’s press conference sparked Democrat calls for impeachment proceedings against President Trump to begin.

“If we had had confidence that the president had clearly not committed a crime, we would have said so,” Mueller said. “Charging the president with a crime is not an option we could consider.”

Let’s just hope and pray that it wasn’t what prompted the man to publicly burn himself to death near the White House and that it doesn’t inspire any future bizarre acts of self-harm and insanity from sufferers of Trump Derangement Syndrome.

Video of the incident showed the man, who later died in hospital, walking across the Ellipse near the Washington Mall, an area popular with tourists, with flames totally covering his body. 

DailyMail reports: Several seconds later, U.S. Secret Service staff could be seen towards him with a fire extinguisher to put out the blaze.

It occurred less than a mile from the White House. 

He managed to stand upright before officials got to him, amid reports that he was wearing a protective suit which would have given him some protection from the flames.

The man set himself on fire near the White House on Wednesday morning with terrifying footage showing him engulfed in flames
The unidentified individual managed to stand upright before security ran towards him to extinguish the flames 

The man suffered burns on 85 percent of his body and there was a suspicious package on fire near him which was also extinguished, according to TMZ.

He was later transported to a nearby hospital with ‘life threatening’ injuries. 

More than 70 officers flocked to the scene from multiple agencies. Several tourists and visitors were in the vicinity, but there were no other injuries reported. 

National Park Service police and the U.S. Secret Service officers also assisted at the scene to try and establish what happened in Washington D.C.  

He later drops to the ground as he doused with a fire extinguisher to put out the fire 

White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said he could not immediately comment. 

According to his official schedule, Donald Trump was in the Oval Office at the time for a ceremonial swearing-in of the President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States. 

National Park Service police were seen rendering medical aid to the man a short time later 

A spokesman for the National Park Service, which maintains the White House grounds, told DailyMail.com: ‘At 12:22 p.m., officers from the United States Park Police and United States Secret Service responded to a report of an adult male who reportedly lit himself on fire on the Ellipse near 15th and Constitution Avenue. 

‘USSS personnel extinguished the fire within seconds. The individual was transported to a local hospital for treatment. 

‘The incident is under investigation. No additional information is available at this time.’

A spokesman for the Washington Fire Department said: ‘I can confirm that we’ve transported one patient with burns from the Ellipse and we’re now on the scene assisting law enforcement.’

The Ellipse is a 52-acre park located south of the White House fence and north of Constitution Avenue and the National Mall. 

Baxter Dmitry

Baxter Dmitry

Baxter Dmitry is a writer at The People's Voice. He covers politics, business and entertainment. Speaking truth to power since he learned to talk, Baxter has travelled in over 80 countries and won arguments in every single one. Live without fear.
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