A veteran set himself on fire outside the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta on Tuesday after he launched a "personal protest" against the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Georgia State Patrol said.

"A veteran that was disgruntled with the VA did a personal protest in front of the Capitol, which involved gasoline and some fireworks and he was injured," Mark McDonough, the commissioner of the Georgia Department of Safety, told WSB-TV in Atlanta.

Commissioner Mark McDonough telling us about what started emergency at the State Capitol. Washington Street closed. @wsbtv #breaking pic.twitter.com/3OJ35t36sz — Linda Stouffer (@LindaWSB) June 26, 2018

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McDonough said a trooper put the blaze out with his fire extinguisher and that the veteran was transported to a hospital for medical treatment.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that roads around the Capitol are closed and officials are searching for additional threats in the area. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation's bomb squad is also on the scene to examine a vehicle.