{"id":402994,"date":"2019-04-12T22:18:45","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T21:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/man-sets-himself-on-fire-outside-white-house-gets-detained-rt-usa-news\/"},"modified":"2019-04-12T22:18:45","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T21:18:45","slug":"man-sets-himself-on-fire-outside-white-house-gets-detained-rt-usa-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/man-sets-himself-on-fire-outside-white-house-gets-detained-rt-usa-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Man \u2018sets himself on fire\u2019 outside White House, gets detained \u2014 RT USA News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2019.04\/thumbnail\/5cb0ecc2dda4c834568b45c3.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        A man has apparently attempted to set himself on fire outside the White House. He caused a commotion by lighting his jacket on fire before Secret Service agents stepped in and whisked him away. He is being treated for injuries.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The man rode up to the presidential residence on a motorized wheelchair before his apparent attempt at self-immolation, said reporter Christal Hayes of USA Today.<\/p>\n<p>As the Secret Service apprehended the man, the White House was placed on lockdown and reporters ushered inside.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lots of commotion outside the White House after a man reportedly set himself on fire <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USATODAY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USATODAY<\/a><br \/>Witnesses here say the man was in a  motorized wheelchair and set his jacket on fire. Authorities rushed in and used an extinguisher to put it out <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7H6H1CS5zc\">pic.twitter.com\/7H6H1CS5zc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christal Hayes (@Journo_Christal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Journo_Christal\/status\/1116785377522720773?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lockdown at the White House after someone reportedly set himself on fire outside the WH gates. Media now being told to go back inside. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/brWPY6sQ6Q\">pic.twitter.com\/brWPY6sQ6Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeff Mason (@jeffmason1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeffmason1\/status\/1116783137382703104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The incident took place around 3 pm local time on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington, DC Fire Department is reportedly treating the man for minor injuries. <\/p>\n<p>NBC reported that a <em>\u201csuspicious package\u201d<\/em> was found near the man. The object was most likely his backpack, a witness told Hayes.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Think your friends would be interested? Share this story!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/456371-man-sets-himself-fire-white-house\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man has apparently attempted to set himself on fire outside the White House. He caused a commotion by lighting his jacket on fire before Secret Service agents stepped in and whisked him away. He is being treated for injuries. The man rode up to the presidential residence on a motorized wheelchair before his apparent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":402995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-402994","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}