A third Burning Man festivalgoer has died after being transported to a hospital, authorities said, marking the latest death connected to the desert gathering after two men died at the festival within roughly 48 hours.
Jerry Allen told Fox News Digital in an email that his office had received information about a third participant who died while being transported from the festival to a Reno-area hospital.
Allen said he did not have additional information about the circumstances of the death, because it occurred outside his jurisdiction. He referred questions to the Washoe County Sheriffs Office and Washoe County Medical Examiners Office. Fox News Digital has reached out to both for comment.
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Authorities are also awaiting autopsy and toxicology results for the two men who died at earlier in the festival.
Allen said his office typically sees about one death each year at the festival.
The first death was reported Thursday at Rampart, the temporary hospital at Burning Man, according to a Pershing County Sheriffs Office news release. Festival organizers described the man as in his mid-50s.
Deputies found Sampson Tshombe dead at the hospital after he was found on a street at the festival, the sheriffs office said. Emergency personnel performed CPR for several minutes before a doctor pronounced him dead.
Investigators found no external signs of foul play. Tshombe was taken to the Washoe County Medical Examiners Office for an autopsy and toxicology screening because authorities did not have his medical history.
On Saturday, deputies were again called to Black Rock City, the temporary city built each year for Burning Man, after festival organizers said a 60-year-old man died.
Craigh Mann was found dead in a trailer he shared with his significant other at about 3:17 p.m., according to the sheriffs office. Investigators found no outward signs of foul play.
Mann was also taken to the Washoe County Medical Examiners Office for an . The sheriffs office said investigators did not have his medical history or other information that could explain his death.
The autopsy and toxicology results for both men are expected in six to eight weeks. The sheriffs office said it would not release further information until it receives the results.
Burning Man organizers previously said their “thoughts and deepest condolences” were with Manns family, friends, campmates and others affected by his death.
“The safety and well-being of our community and staff remain our highest priority,” organizers said after the first death, adding that support resources were available around the clock in Black Rock City.
The annual Burning Man festival began Aug. 30 in Nevadas Black Rock Desert and concluded Monday. The gathering can draw as many as 80,000 people, known as “burners,” and is best known for the burning of a large wooden effigy.
