After a man died from burns suffered at Burning Man in Nevada, the festival’s organizers are focusing on the safety of its thousands of other attendees and staff with just hours left in the week-long event.
Aaron Joel Mitchell, 41, broke through “two levels” of security and into the flames earlier this weekend during one of the festival’s closing ceremonies, the Man Burn, later dying at a California hospital from his injuries, Nevada’s Pershing County Sheriff’s Office told ABC News.
“According to medical staff, Aaron was not under the influence of alcohol and a toxicology screening is pending,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement.
There is an ongoing investigation into Mitchell’s death, the sheriff’s office added.
In response to the incident, festival organizers and local police are focusing on the safety of the thousands of other guests who chose to stay on at the event, which is held in at the Black Rock Desert, until it officially comes to a close on Monday.
“Mr. Mitchell’s family has been advised of his death. Burning Man is working with local and federal law enforcement agencies, and an investigation…
The post How Burning Man organizers are responding to festival attendee’s death appeared first on FeedBox.