Man dies after running into fire ceremony at Burning Man festival
A man who ran into the flames at the Burning Man festival’s burning ceremony has died.
The man ran through a human-chain of security officers on Saturday night's Man Burn event at the counter-culture festival in the Black Rock Desert, about 160km north of Reno, Nevada.
Pershing County Sheriff Jerry Allen said the man was rescued by firefighters and later died at the UC Davis hospital burn centre in California.
About 70,000 people are attending the nine-day art and music celebration, which culminates with the burning of a towering 40ft-effigy made of wood. Attendees have tried to run into the flames as a symbol of rebirth.
Festival organizers did not immediately respond when asked for comment.
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The festival was briefly hampered when a lightning-sparked wildfire temporarily shut down Burning Man’s main travel route last week. The 138sq mile-wildfire is now 28% contained.
Burning Man ends Monday.
