A second participant has died at this year's Burning Man, organizers of the Nevada desert gathering said Saturday.
Craig Mann, 60, was found deceased in his camp at about 3 p.m. Saturday, the Burning Man Project said in a statement.
"Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with the participant's family, friends, campmates, and all those affected by this loss," the organization said.
No cause of death was immediately disclosed.
The circumstances surrounding Mann's death were not immediately clear, and there was no indication in the Burning Man statement that foul play was suspected.
The death comes two days after another participant, a man in his mid-50s, died after experiencing a medical emergency at Black Rock City.
That man received lifesaving measures and was transported to the festival's onsite emergency center, where he was pronounced dead, the Burning Man Project said. His name has not been released because his family had not yet been notified.
Pershing County Sheriff Coroner Jerry Allen said deputies received a report Thursday of a man found unresponsive on one of the festival's streets.
Allen said there did not appear to be external foul play. A final cause of death was pending a report from the medical examiner.
The two deaths are the latest developments in a turbulent week at Burning Man, where weather has repeatedly disrupted the temporary city in the Black Rock Desert.
Rain turned portions of the playa into sticky mud Friday and temporarily shut the festival's main entrance and exit, while the event's airport also closed. Organizers advised people trying to reach Black Rock City to remain in Reno until conditions improved.
Burning Man's own weather guidance warns that conditions on the playa can change quickly, with rain, high winds, freezing temperatures and dust storms all common hazards.
The festival began Aug. 30 and is scheduled to continue through Monday, Sept. 7. The event's 2026 theme is "Axis Mundi." The Man was scheduled to burn Saturday night, weather permitting.
The deaths follow several other controversies at this year's gathering.
On Tuesday, an attendee was injured in a fall from the 55-foot Nest Tower at the Square One camp. SFGATE reported that the man fell two levels and struck a metal crossbar before emergency responders rescued him and took him to Rampart, the festival's temporary hospital. (SFGATE and the San Francisco Chronicle are both owned by Hearst but operate independently.)
The festival also has made 34 arrests for drug sales or trafficking this year as of Friday morning, according to Allen. He said there was also one arrest involving domestic violence and that deputies were not targeting people simply for using drugs.
Burning Man organizers also evicted a Christian missionary camp earlier in the week, saying the group had received multiple warnings over privacy and consent violations. Members of the camp disputed that account and accused organizers of discriminating against them because of their religious beliefs.
The 2026 festival is taking place a year after the killing of Vadim Kruglov, 37, who was found fatally stabbed inside a tent on Aug. 30, 2025. No arrest has been announced in that case.
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This article originally published at Burning Man reports a second death as the 2026 event nears its end.