The man, who ran into the flames during a ceremony at the counter-culture festival near Reno, was rescued by firefighters but later died in hospitalA man who ran into the flames at the Burning Man festival’s burning ceremony has died. Pershing County Sheriff Jerry Allen said the man ran through a human-chain of security officers at about 10:30pm Saturday during the Man Burn event at the counter-culture festival in the Black Rock Desert, about 100 miles north of Reno. The sheriff says the man was rescued by firefighters and later died at the UC Davis hospital burn center in California. The festival was briefly hampered when a lightning-sparked wildfire temporarily shut down Burning Man’s main travel route last week. Burning Man ends Monday.

Source: The Guardian September 03, 2017 20:15 UTC