A man was found dead Saturday in a suspected homicide at the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert.

The man, described as a white adult man, was found “lying on the ground” and deceased after 9 p.m. on Saturday, the Pershing County Sheriff’s Office said Sunday.

The discovery was made while the “Man,” a large human-shaped wooden sculpture at the center of the festival, was engulfed in flames. A participant flagged down a sheriff’s deputy and reported seeing “a male subject lying in a pool of blood,” in Black Rock City, the sheriff’s office said.

Deputies, along with Bureau Land Management Rangers and Burning Man Project Black Rock Rangers, created a perimeter around the area and interviewed participants.

Officials said the identity of the man is unknown, and the body has been tran

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