Burning Man Festival Sees Mass Exodus, Tens of Thousands Still Stuck

'I’ve never experienced anything like this,' one festivalgoer told The Epoch Times

A line of vehicles waits in a 7.5-hour line to exit the Burning Man festival in Black Rock, Nev., on Sep. 4, 2023. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

RENO, Nev.—Tens of thousands of people bogged down in mud from heavy rains all weekend at the Burning Man festival began their mass exodus out of the Black Rock Desert this week, after one confirmed death last Friday still under investigation.

On Labor Day, the “burners,” as the festival goers call themselves, jammed the main roads out of the event—about 112 miles south of Reno—for tens of miles in motor homes, trucks, and RV trailers, and cars loaded with camping gear.