
Authorities in Pershing County, Nevada, are currently investigating the tragic death of a woman at the annual counterculture festival known as Burning Man. The incident occurred on Sunday at Black Rock City, the temporary city created for the festival located approximately 100 miles north of Reno.
Emergency personnel responded to a call about an unresponsive woman around noon on Sunday. Despite efforts by the Burning Man Project's emergency services personnel to save her, the woman did not survive.