Police are investigating the reason for dying of a girl who was discovered unresponsive throughout the opening weekend of this yr’s Burning Man gathering within the Arizona desert. According to the Reno Gazette Journal, the unnamed lady — whose age has additionally not but been revealed — was discovered unresponsive at 11:29 a.m. on Sunday (August 25) by the pageant‘s emergency providers personnel, who reportedly tried life-saving measures however had been unable to revive her.

“It is with heavy hearts that Burning Man Project confirms the death of a participant in Black Rock City in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert. Our thoughts and condolences go out to the family and friends affected by this loss. The participant has been identified by the Pershing County Sheriff’s Office,” Burning Mad stated in a press release.

Organizers known as in police, with Pershing County Sheriff Jerry Allen telling the paper that his deputies responded and had been notified of the dying at 11:37 a.m. The Sheriff’s workplace to the Journal that the dying will stay beneath investigation till a trigger and method of dying might be decided following an post-mortem.

“Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of the decedent,” the sheriff’s workplace stated in a press release. “This is the first reported death on the playa this year and unfortunately it has happened on day one,” Allen added. The Burning Man assertion stated stated out of respect for the privateness of the grieving household no extra particulars on the deceased can be launched presently.

The annual gathering of the vibes within the desolate Black Rock City in norther Nevada finds tens of hundreds of revelers hauling in large artworks, handmade fire-breathing mechanical animals and all different method of weird tributes and momentary shelters for the occasion that ends with the burning of an enormous wood determine. This yr’s occasion is slated to run by means of Sept. 2 and draw round 70,000.

This shouldn’t be the primary dying associated to Burning Man, with the Journal counting no less than seven earlier ones, together with the dying of a person in 2023 who was discovered unresponsive within the midst of a large rain occasion that turned the sometimes parched, cracked grounds right into a muddy mess.