NORTHFIELD -- A 51-year-old man who set himself on fire outside a Department of Veterans Affairs clinic on Saturday died later that night, according to a report.

Charles R. Ingram III of Egg Harbor Township was pronounced dead at the Temple Burn Center in Philadelphia, PressofAtlanticCity.com said.

Ingram, a veteran, was airlifted there at 2 p.m. after emergency workers responded to the facility on New Road in Northfield. The clinic, which is affiliated with the Wilmington (Del.) VA Medical Center system, was closed at the time.

A VA official told PressofAtlanticCity.com that 22 veterans commit suicide each day in the country.

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