A person is in a important situation after setting himself on hearth in entrance of the Israeli embassy in Washington DC.

Firefighters arrived at 1pm and extinguished the fireplace, the authorities mentioned.

A press release from the Israeli embassy mentioned: "A man set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington and was taken to the hospital by ambulance.

"The man is unknown. No embassy employees have been injured and are protected."

Police explosives specialists have been additionally referred to as to the scene "in reference to a suspicious vehicle that may be connected to the individual", they mentioned in a press release.

The automobile was later cleared with no hazardous supplies discovered, the power added.

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