Authorities are speaking out after three people died at Burning Man ... and they say no foul play is suspected in at least two of the deaths.
The Pershing County Sheriff's Office said in a press release Monday that attendee Sampson Tshombe died Thursday after "emergency personnel had performed CPR on him for several minutes." They say he was found on a street within the festival before being given CPR and being pronounced dead.
A second Burning Man attendee has died during this year’s festival ... and this time, the participant was found dead inside his own campsite.
According to the Burning Man Project, 60-year-old Craig Mann was discovered by fellow campers Saturday afternoon at the Nevada event. No cause of death has been released at this time.
The tragedy comes just days after another man in his 50s died following a medical emergency at the festival. As TMZ previously reported, he was treated with lifesaving measures before being taken to the event’s emergency care center, where he was pronounced dead.
Diplo says he orchestrated another great escape from Burning Man ... this time claiming he and some pals had to walk 15 miles through the desert to get back to civilization.
The DJ shared his trek on social media on Friday ... braving the heat through the muddy desert.
Diplo notes the whole situation is "f***ed up" ... before posting another video in which he says he and his buddies hiked "15 miles through Indian land" to meet up with a buddy who would take them to Reno. Burning Man is located a little more than 100 miles from the city.
