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A man claims he set himself on fire Tuesday night outside Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., as an act of protest against the incoming president.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A man was hospitalized for burns after apparently setting himself on fire outside Trump International Hotel late Tuesday night, according to reports.

The Washington Post, citing an unnamed source, reports rescue workers found the man, 45, with a lighter and an accelerant. He also set a pile of debris on fire in the road in front of the hotel.

#BREAKING: Man lights fire near #TrumpInternationalHotel. Employees call police. Man told me he's from CA & protesting #TrumpInauguration pic.twitter.com/noUwttKRL5 — Shomari Stone (@shomaristone) January 18, 2017

The Post said a motive could not be confirmed. But NBC 4 says the man told a reporter before being taken to the hospital that he was protesting Donald Trump becoming president.

"I tried to set myself on fire as an act of protest ... to protest the fact that we've elected somebody completely incapable of respecting the Constitution of the United States," the man told the reporter.

The man, who said he was from California, had third-degree burns on about 10 percent of his body, the Post reports.