Burning Man attendee Griffin Kirsch shares his experience at the music festival where heavy rain and flooding left the event-goers stranded in the Nevada desert. Authorities are investigating a death that occurred on the first day of the infamous Burning Man festival in the northern Nevada desert. The Pershing County Sheriff's Office said emergency personnel responded to a call about a woman found unresponsive around noon Sunday in Black Rock City — a temporary city erected for the festival, some 100 miles north of Reno.
The Burning Man Project's emergency services personnel were unsuccessful in attempting life-saving measures on the woman. "It is with heavy hearts that Burning Man Project confirms the death of a participant in Black Rock City in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert. Our thoughts and condolences go out to the family and friends affected by this loss," festival organizers said in a statement, adding: "We are cooperating fully with local authorities as they investigate this incident.
" An aerial shot of the annual Burning Man festival. (Satellite image ©2024 Maxar Technologies via AP) Pershing County Sheriff Jerry Allen said Sunday's death will remain under investigation until a cause and manner can be determined, which will be updated at the conclusion of an autopsy. Allen said the woman's name and age won't be released until her relatives can be notified.
But festival organizers identified the woman as 39-year-old Kendra Frazer. The festival, which combines wildern.