Video shot by Berzins and posted\u00a0to Twitter<\/a>\u00a0by her father shows the man, clad in black pants, covered head to toe in flames as he takes a slow walk across the grass near 15th Street NW and Constitution Avenue NW.<\/p>\n \u201cAccording to my daughter\u2026she just saw a person that was on fire running across the White House lawn,\u201d the dad, Krisjan Berzins, tweeted. \u201cPolice and rescue have responded. They\u2019re closing all surrounding streets right now.\u201d<\/p>\n Officers are seen racing over to the man, including one armed with a red fire extinguisher, and police cruisers pulling up with lights flashing.<\/p>\n The man collapsed as he was covered with a plume of white foam, Alina Berzins said.<\/p>\n \u201cEveryone was in shock,\u201d she said. \u201cI was in shock.\u201d<\/p>\n Other witnesses\u00a0told Fox 5 DC<\/a>\u00a0that the man was wearing a sweatshirt \u2014 despite the 90-degree heat \u2014 and carrying a black bag. The shirt had writing on it but the witnesses couldn\u2019t make out what it said.<\/p>\n The Ellipse is a 52-acre public park that lies south of the White House.<\/p>\n The man, who wasn\u2019t immediately identified, was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after suffering burns to 85 percent of his body,\u00a0sources told TMZ<\/a>.<\/p>\n A suspicious package that was on fire was also found in the park, near where the man was extinguished.<\/p>\n Courtesy -New York Post 29 May 2019![\"\"](\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/man-fire.jpg\")
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