Authorities are investigating the death of a woman at the Burning Man arts festival on Sunday. They said she was found unresponsive.
A woman died at the Burning Man arts festival over the weekend, authorities and the event organizers said. The circumstances around her death weren't immediately clear, but law enforcement has confirmed that there's an investigation underway to determine what happened.Members of the festival's emergency services team found the woman unresponsive at around 11:30 a.m.
CBS News reached out to the Pershing County Sheriff's Office for more information but has not received a response.Both the sheriff and the festival organizers offered their condolences to the woman's friends and family. Organizers said they 'understand that this news will be difficult for many in our community' and noted that desert rangers would be available around the clock to provide peer support as would members of Burning Man's crisis support team.
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