Man Is Found Dead at Annual Burning Man Festival in Nevada, a Sheriff’s Office Says

The sun rises behind a wood and neon statue, the center piece of the annual Burning Man festival north of Gerlach, Nev., on Aug. 26, 2002. Debra Reid/AP Photo

RENO, Nevada—A man found dead in a pool of blood is being investigated as a homicide at the annual Burning Man art and music festival in the northwestern Nevada desert, authorities say.

Authorities were alerted about the man Saturday at the gathering in the Black Rock Desert about 110 miles (175 kilometers) north of Reno.