Man burns fire to Burning Man and dies

A man who ran the fire on Saturday night at a ceremony at the Burning Man festival in the desert in the US Nevada died of his injuries on Sunday.

The man was swallowed by the flames. With a helicopter he was taken to a hospital where he later died.

It is not yet known why the man whose identity is not yet known introduces the fire. Every year more than 70,000 people visit Burning Man.