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UPDATE 10-5-13 11:54 AM EST:

Sadly, the man who set himself on fire on the National Mall has died of his injuries.

The AP reports:

Officer Araz Alali says the man died Friday night at a Washington hospital where he had been airlifted.

He says the man was so badly burned that he will need to be identified through DNA and dental records.

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Just a day after a woman rammed her car into a White House barrier, a man reportedly lit himself on fire at the National Mall in Washington D.C.

The man was airlifted from the National Mall and is said to be conscious and breathing.

An eyewitness at the scene, Vanessa Sink, describes the chaos.

[View the story “A Live-Tweet Account Of A Man On Fire in DC!” on Storify]

This story is developing.

SOURCE: Twitter, Vanessa Sink