Reveller rescued from flames at Burning Man festival
Published:Sunday | September 3, 2017 | 12:00 AM
BLACK ROCK CITY, Nev (AP):
A man rescued from the flames at the Burning Man festival's signature burning of a towering effigy has been airlifted to a hospital.
Burning Man organizers say the counterculture festival attendee broke through safety perimeters about 10:30 p.m. Saturday and ran into the blaze.
Black Rock City firefighters rescued the man and treated him at the scene before he was airlifted to a burn treatment centre.
More than 70,000 people are enjoying the art and music celebration in the Black Rock Desert, about 100 miles (161 kilometres) north of Reno.
The nine-day festival in northern Nevada was briefly hampered when a lightning-sparked wildfire temporarily shut down Burning Man's main travel route last week.
The 138-square-mile (359-square-kilometre) wildfire is now 28 per cent contained.
Burning Man ends Monday.