Burning Man 2023 news: Chaos at festival with people clashing during exodus as dead reveller is named | The Independent
But, during the mass exodus, Pershing County Sheriff Jerry Allen said that revellers had lashed out at each other as they faced eight hour waits to leave.
As usually happens in what burners refer to as the default world people allow their emotions to override their reasonableness and they are lashing out at each other as they leave the playa and attempt to make it to their next destination, he told the San Francisco Chronicle.
The sheriff also released the identity of the man who died during the festival.
Leon Reece, 32, was found unresponsive on the playa on Friday. His death is currently under investigation but is said to not be weather-related.
The annual burning of the man the festival finale went ahead on Monday evening, after being delayed over the extreme weather.
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