CNN is reporting, a man set himself on fire while calmly sitting on a bench at the Washington, D.C. National mall.
The witness recounted,
“I saw a man sitting in flames,” the witness, Adam Stifel told CNN. “He had already doused himself in gasoline, I believe.”
EMTs arrived to the scene and doused the flames.. Early reports say the man was conscious and breathing after the incident.
A red gasoline canister was observed in the vicinity of the man.
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