Burning Man
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| Attendance | 67,290 (2016) |
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| Begins | August 25, 2019 |
| Ends | September 2, 2019 |
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| ID | 874494 |
About Burning Man
Burning Man is an annual event in the western United States at Black Rock City – a temporary city erected in the Black Rock Desert of northwest Nevada, approximately 100 miles north-northeast of Reno.
Burning Man festivalgoers on the mood from the mud
...By Dearbail JordanBBC NewsMore than 70,000 people have been waiting to leave the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert after heavy rain turned the ground into a swamp...
Burning Man: Revellers begin to leave as boggy conditions improve
...By David Willis & Kathryn ArmstrongBBC News, Burning Man in Nevada & LondonWeather conditions at the Burning Man festival in the US have eased enough to allow revellers to start leaving...
Burning Man: Police investigating death during heavy rain
...By David Willis & Kathryn ArmstrongBBC News, Burning Man in Nevada & LondonAn investigation has been launched into the death of a person during torrential rain at the Burning Man festival in the US state of Nevada...
Burning Man festival-goers told to conserve food and water
...By Malu Cursino in London & James Clayton in San FranciscoBBC NewsBurning Man festival-goers have been told to conserve their food and water after heavy rain turned the campsite into a mud bath...
Burning Man: Death at US festival treated as ‘suspicious'
...Tens of thousand of revellers gather in the desert for Burning Man every year The death of a man at the Burning Man festival in the US state of Nevada is being treated as suspicious, authorities say...
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... He has been involved in festivals across the world for 20 years as a producer, DJ and documentary filmmaker and is particularly interested in what he calls transformational ones, such as Burning Man in the Nevada desert...
Burning Man: Death at US festival treated as ‘suspicious'
Tens of thousand of revellers gather in the desert for Burning Man every year
The death of A Man at the Burning Man festival in the US state of Nevada is being treated as suspicious, authorities say.
Shane Billingham, 33, was found unresponsive in his car at around 18:30 local time (00:30 GMT) on Thursday.
Mr Billingham, a New Zealand national, had "poisonous" levels of carbon monoxide in his blood, police said.
Bystanders reportedly attempted CPR on Mr Billingham before paramedics arrived.
He was taken to a medical tent, where he was later pronounced dead.
Pershing County Sheriff's Office said it was investigating the death as suspicious.
A post-mortem examination found Mr Billingham had "a concentration of carbon monoxide in his blood which would be considered poisonous to human life".
"Preliminary toxicology showed The Presence of controlled substances to be an exacerbating factor," the Washoe County Medical Examiner 's office said.
A makeshift memorial for Mr Billingham has been Set Up at Beats Boutique, the camp where he was staying at The Festival .
An aerial view of Burning Man festival in 2017One of Mr Billingham's friends, Steve MacWithey, told the Reno Gazette Journal he had been.
Mr Billingham's sister has launched an online fundraising page to help with the costs of bringing his body home.
Burning Man is a music and arts festival held annually in The Black Rock Desert of northwest Nevada, approximately 100 miles (160km) away from Reno.
Taking place between 25 August and September 2, The Festival - attended by tens of thousands of People - describes itself as "a temporary metropolis dedicated to community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance".
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Source of news: bbc.com
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