The Secret Service detained a man outside the White House on Friday afternoon after he apparently attempted to light himself on fire.

A Secret Service spokeswoman confirmed the man had tried to set his jacket on fire, and the D.C. Fire Department responded to administer first aid. No information about the man’s condition or reason for setting himself on fire was immediately available.

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