Patrick Mcmahon
A man at Nevada’s Burning Man festival had to be airlifted from the Black Rock Desert after broaching a safety barrier and sprinting into Burning Man’s namesake burning effigy on Saturday night.
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A man attending the Burning Man festival became an actual burning man after he ran into a massive bonfire https://t.co/tEUHgnEh8c pic.twitter.com/Y19NeoR6v2
— New York Post (@nypost) September 3, 2017
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The New York Post reports that the man remains unidentified, and while fire and rescue personnel tried to stop him, they could not. A statement from the Burning Man Project credits Black Rock City fire personnel with the man’s rescue.
Man believed to have died at Burning Man after diving into blazing effigy https://t.co/hBQk5tKN9T
— Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) September 3, 2017
Associated Press reports that the man has died at the University of California-Davis hospital burn center.
The annual art and culture festival attracts tens of thousands of people.
