Thousands stranded at Burning Man Festival after heavy rain
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Burning Man has descended into chaos with one person dead and thousands stranded at the Nevada desert festival after severe flooding.
The death occurred during the event but local law enforcement did not identify the individual or suspected cause of death. An investigation is ongoing.
Tens of thousands of attendees remain stranded at the site in Black Rock desert after severe flooding.
Organisers closed vehicle access on Saturday and told those still trying to enter the festival to turn around and go home.
Revellers were left to trudge through mud, many barefoot or wearing plastic bags on their feet, after being urged to shelter in place and conserve food, water and other supplies.
Organisers have rationed sales of ice and portable toilets are unable to be serviced, the Reno Gazette Journal reported.
The event began on 27 August and was scheduled to end on Monday, according to the US Bureau of Land Management, which oversees the area where the festival is being held.
Festivalgoers try to escape mud pit
Only emergency vehicles were authorised to leave the campsite as of Sunday, but people desperate to leave the Black Rock Desert were trying to catch rides to make it out of the festival.
“Everybody else from my camp is from California so they are just going to wait it out. But I need to get back,” Franchesca Cermeno told USA TODAY. “My cat. My daughter. My job. I need to be in Tennessee by tomorrow so I need to be at the airport today.”
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The Independent’s Ellie Harrison reports:
Five deaths at Burning Man in the last 40 years: Reports
In 2017, Burning Man festival-goers witnessed a disturbing scene during the final day of the event when a man threw himself into the flames of the burning man. Aaron Joel Mitchell, 41, suffered fatal burns when he ran into the fire and died the following day.
Meanwhile, 29-year-old Alicia Louise Cipicchio died in 2014 at Burning Man when she was hit by a party bus.
The San Francisco Gate also reports that in 2003, Katherine Lampman died when she fell from an “art car” and was run over.
Before that, Michael Furey, a friend of Burning Man co-founder Larry Harvey, was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1996.
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“It was an incredibly harrowing 6 mile hike at midnight through heavy and slippery mud, but I got safely out of Burning Man,” Neal Katyal tweeted on Sunday.
Authorities have advised people stranded at the festival not to leave the desert due to damage to the surface of the playa caused by vehicles.
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Main entrace to Burning man closed for the year
In a statement to indy100, a spokesperson for the Bureau of Land Management, which oversees the Black Rock Desert site, said: “I can confirm the event entrance was closed for the year because unusual rainfall caused muddy conditions where there was a full stop on vehicles, and not for an ebola outbreak.”
Where is Burning Man held?
The popular counter-culture festival is held in northern Nevada’s Black Rock Desert.
There is only one road leading to the land where the festival is held.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the agency which oversees the area where Burning Man is held, said in a statement to The Reno Gazette-Journal that entry will remain closed for the rest of the festival. Burners waiting to get in were told to go home.
“Officials from BLM and the Pershing County Sheriff’s Office have closed ingress to the Burning Man event effective immediately and for the remainder of the event. Participants inbound for the event should turn around and head home,” the statement read.
“Rain over the last 24 hours has created a situation that required a full stop of vehicle movement on the playa. More rain is expected over the next few days and conditions are not expected to improve enough to allow vehicles to enter the playa.”
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