| Man sets himself ablaze at white house { November 15 2004 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active) http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,138621,00.htmlhttp://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,138621,00.html
Man Sets Himself Ablaze at White House Monday, November 15, 2004 WASHINGTON, D.C. — A man set himself afire Monday just outside a White House gate and repeatedly yelled "Allah Allah" after Secret Service (search) officers put out the flames and one held him facedown on the sidewalk.
Alan Etter, spokesman for the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services, said guards at the gate quickly extinguished the flames, and the man had second and third-degree burns on about 30 percent of his body.
The man had burns to his head, back, arms and face but was conscious when medics took him to Washington Hospital Center, Etter said.
"I can confirm that there was an ignitable liquid present on the scene," Etter said.
White House doctors joined uniformed Secret Service personnel in administering first aid until the emergency service technicians arrived. They transported the 52-year-old man, who was not identified, to the burn unit of Washington Hospital Center.
Lorie Lewis, a Secret Service spokeswoman, said the man "set himself on fire on Pennsylvania Avenue on the north side of the White House complex." That section of Pennsylvania Avenue was recently reopened to pedestrians after being closed for security.
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