{"id":223527,"date":"2026-09-08T23:38:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T23:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/third-burning-man-festivalgoer-dies-officials-say-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T23:38:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T23:38:16","slug":"third-burning-man-festivalgoer-dies-officials-say-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/third-burning-man-festivalgoer-dies-officials-say-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Third Burning Man festivalgoer dies, officials say – NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Burning Man attendee died while being taken to a hospital, officials said Monday, the third reported death of a festivalgoer in less than a week.
The Washoe County Medical Examiner confirmed the death and identified the victim as 51-year-old Armando Ramirez from Truckee, California.
Ramirez was en route to a hospital in Reno, roughly 120 miles south of Black Rock City, Nevada, where the festival takes place, when he died, the Pershing County Sheriff\u2019s Office said.
He was pronounced dead in the ambulance and there was no sign of foul play, the medical examiner said.
\u201cAlthough we average one death a year at the Festival, we have had two so far this year within the confines of the Festival and I have received information regarding a third who died in transit to a hospital in Reno,\u201d Jerry Allen, Pershing County sheriff and coroner, said in a statement Monday.
A spokesperson for the Burning Man Project said Ramirez experienced a \u201cserious medical emergency\u201d in Black Rock City on Friday morning and \u201cimmediately received on-site lifesaving measures\u201d before being transported to Reno.
The festival said Saturday that a second attendee, Craig Mann, 60, was found dead in his camp in Black Rock City at 3 p.m. No cause of death was disclosed.
\u201cOur thoughts and deepest condolences are with the participant\u2019s family, friends, campmates, and all those affected by this loss,\u201d the festival said in a statement.
A second festivalgoer dies at Burning Man
When deputies responded, Mann was found dead in his trailer, which he was sharing with his partner, Allen said in a news release Monday.
A preliminary investigation did not indicate signs of foul play, Allen said.
It was the second death reported at the annual psychedelic, music and art festival in the Nevada desert, which draws a crowd of about 70,000.
The festival said last week that a man in his mid-50s<\/a> died after a medical emergency.
Deputies found Sampson Tshombe dead after responding to the temporary hospital located at the festival on Thursday, Allen said.
He \u201cimmediately received lifesaving measures, and was transported to the onsite center for emergency care where he was pronounced deceased,\u201d the festival said.
Allen said the sheriff\u2019s office\u2019s investigation revealed Tshombe had \u201cbeen found on a street within the Festival and emergency personnel had performed CPR on him for several minutes, until a certified doctor pronounced Sampson deceased.\u201d
As with Mann and Ramirez, officials ruled out signs of foul play in Tshombe\u2019s death.
The Washoe County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office will conduct autopsies and toxicology screenings for the festivalgoers, with results expected in six to eight weeks, Allen said.
The festival started Aug. 30 and is scheduled through Monday.
Marlene Lenthang is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.
Joe Kottke is an assignment editor at NBC News covering breaking news across the Americas, including politics, immigration, crime and severe weather.
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