RENO, Nev. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of a woman who was participating in the counterculture festival known as Burning Man in the northern Nevada desert. The Pershing County Sheriff’s Office says emergency personnel responded to a call about a woman found unresponsive around noon Sunday. The Burning Man Project’s emergency services personnel were unsuccessful in attempted life-saving measures on the woman. The Pershing County Sheriff says the death will remain under investigation until a cause and manner can be determined, which will be updated at the conclusion of an autopsy. The woman’s name and age won’t be released until her relatives can be notified.
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 25: Cevriye Hurd-Korkmaz puts a "Burner Express" sticker on a bus going to Burning Man at Civic Center Plaza on August 25, 2024 in San Francisco, California. Tickets to Burning Man were still on sale days before the multi-day event. (Photo by Benjamin Fanjoy/Getty Images)