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Man sets himself on fire near White House

A man set himself on fire outside the White House on Wednesday afternoon, the Secret Service said. The incident occurred on the White House Ellipse shortly after noon. A spokesman for the Washington, D.C., fire department said first responders managed to extinguish the fire and an unidentified adult male was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
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