Chris Rock & Diplo Escape Disastrous Burning Man Whereas 70,000 Trapped At Competition

Chris Rock and Diplo had been rescued through the disastrous Burning Man 2023. On Saturday (September 2), the latter shared a clip of himself and Rock at the back of a fan’s pickup truck after the Nevada pageant grew to become flooded attributable to climate circumstances.

Rock, 56, and Diplo, 44, apparently walked by way of the mud for six miles earlier than stumbling throughout the nice Samaritan, whereas roughly 73,000 attendees had been stranded at Burning Man. “I legit walked the facet of the highway for hours with my thumb out cuz i’ve a present in dc tonight and didnt wish to let yall down,” the DJ and producer wrote in his Instagram caption. “Additionally shoutout to this man for making the good buy of a truck not understanding it was for this actual second.”

In his Instagram Tales, Rock shared a picture of the muddy atmosphere developed on the pageant grounds after rain hit Nevada’s Black Rock Desert from Friday evening to Saturday morning.

Organizers for Burning Man had been pressured to postpone the effegy ceremony whereas attendees had been instructed to shelter in place, together with conserving water and meals. One attendee reportedly died because the rainstorm battered the occasion. Officers are planning to burn the occasion’s iconic determine on Monday evening (September 4), whereas its companion temple construction can be burned the next night. The occasion’s close by airport and Burner Bus shuttles to Reno and San Francisco stay closed. The ruined Burning Man has drawn comparisons to Fyre Competition, which co-founder Billy McFarland is reviving.