RENO, Nevada ( KOLO /Gray News/AP) – The body of a man was found in a pool of blood at the annual Burning Man art and music festival in the northwestern Nevada desert, authorities said.

Deputies were alerted about the man Saturday at the gathering in the Black Rock Desert, about 110 miles north of Reno.

It was discovered as the main event where the “Man” burns was beginning, according to the Pershing County Sheriff’s Office.

Authorities are investigating the man’s death as a homicide.

The investigation has included interviewing several participants and cordoning off a perimeter in the area where the body was found in the makeshift encampment called Black Rock City.

The identity of the dead male was not immediately known, the sheriff’s office said. No other information was released.

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