From the Reno Gazette Journal: The Pershing County Sheriff's Office said the man who died running into flames at Burning Man is 41-year-old Aaron Joel Mitchell.
Mitchell broke through a security perimeter to get to the Burning Man effigy as it was on fire.
He was rescued by on-site fire personnel and transported by air to UC Davis.
He was pronounced dead at 6:28 a.m. and his family has been notified.
MItchell was not under the influence of alcohol. A toxicology screening is pending. http://www.rgj.com/story/life/arts/burning-man/2017/09/03/man-runs-flames-during-burning-man-airlifted-burn-treatment-center/6j29576001/
We have a potential Darwin Award nominee.
Bravo to the firefighters who saved this fool from being a crispy critter.
For those who don't know, Burning Man is about r
40,000 rich hippies gather in a Northern Nevada desert and at the end of festivalb they burn about a 70 foot high wooden man, thus the name Burning Man.
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