Burning Man Festival Death Probed as Driving Ban Is Lifted
- One person died during the ‘rain event,’ police said
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A double rainbow over the Burning Man festival site on Sept. 1.
Photographer: Julie Jammot/AFP/Getty Images
Police are investigating the death of a person at the Burning Man festival in Nevada after heavy rains left the site mired in mud, stranding thousands of attendees.
There is no further information on the cause of the death at this time, the Pershing County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. The incident occurred during a “rain event” that forced local officials to close the entrance and airports to Black Rock City, in the northwestern Nevada desert, where the event is held.