1 of 2 Diplo and Chris Rock escape Burning Man with a fan ride Photo: Reproduction/Instagram/diplo Diplo and Chris Rock escape Burning Man with a fan ride Photo: Reproduction/Instagram/diplo
Tens of thousands of people who came to the event in a desert region of the US state of Nevada are stuck there and have to save food and water because of mud created by the rain.
In a video posted on Instagram, the DJ appears with the comedian and other people. “A fan offered Chris Rock and I a ride out of Burning Man in the back of a pickup truck. After a 6 mile walk through the mud.”
Every year a kind of temporary “city” is built for Burning Man. Local media reported more than 70,000 people.
Access to this “city” is closed, the organizers said in a statement on social media.
2 of 2 Images of the muddy Burning Man site Photo: Videoreproduction/Portal Images of the muddy Burning Man site Photo: Videoreproduction/Portal
“The rains of the last 24 hours have created a situation that requires a total suspension of vehicular traffic,” said the government agency that manages the region where the event is taking place. Further rainfall is expected in the coming days and conditions are unlikely to improve to allow vehicle traffic.
Some participants leave the area on foot and go to the nearest street.
The event was scheduled to take place between August 27th and September 4th.
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Burning Man means “burning man” in English. The festival got its name because a wooden sculpture in the shape of a man was burned on the penultimate evening of the event.
Burning Man began in 1986 as a small gathering on a beach in San Francisco. Today it is also visited by celebrities and social media influencers.