Emergency services bravely tried to rescue a festival-goer who ran straight into the Burning Man during Nevada’s famous arts and music festival.
Approximately 70,000 people from all over the world have gathered for the annual Burning Man festival, which is taking place in the Black Rock Desert.
But crowds were horrified when one reveller made a beeline for the giant wooden effigy and was engulfed by the flames.
He had to dodge a number of rangers and law enforcement personnel in order to reach the fire, which stretches approximately 50 feet into the air.
It is believed the man died in the shocking incident, although this has not yet been confirmed.
But it is not the first incident of its kind – Christopher Wallace died after running into a fire at a Burning man spin-off event, the Element 11 festival in Ohio.
A Burning Man participant evading the attempted tackles of multiple rangers and law enforcement personnel
A firefighter watches as a Burning Man participant (L) evades a chasing firefighter and falls into the flames of the ‘Man Burn’
Firefighters are forced to abandon their attempted rescue of a Burning Man participant (body seen at lower left rear) who ran into the flames
The man who ran into the flames is engulfed as emergency services nobly try to battle their way through in an attempt to rescue him
Approximately 70,000 people from all over the world gathered for the annual Burning Man arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada
Emergency personnel gather in a huddle after giving up their pursuit of a participant who ran into the flames at the Man burn
The annual event is held in the Nevada desert, where 70,000 people help built and maintain a temporary city, complete with its own airport
The psychedelic symposium known as Burning Man was still going strong as it entered its eighth day on Saturday
Saturday marks the height of the festival , where thousands will gather in the evening to witness the lighting of ‘the Man’
The huge effigy at forms the centrepiece of the Burning Man festival stretches around 50 feet up in the air
Temperatures in the desert have exceeded 100 degrees at times, while punishing dust storms covered most of the desert gala in sand
People gather around a structure lit with pink and purple lights. Many burners ride around the desert on bicycles
The 2017 Temple at Burning Man created by artists Steven Brummond, Marisha Farnsworth, and Mark Sinclair as a place for people to place memorials, to mourn and grieve