The main route between Reno and Burning man was closed overnight due to a growing wildfire that officials have called a “major safety concern,” ABC News reports. Although the fire remains far from the festival, “there is a potential for the fire to progress toward the Burning Man event area,” according to a Bureau of Land Management official. As of Thursday morning, Route 447 has been reopened.
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Burning Man runs August 27 through September 4, and attendance ranges around 70,000 people. The fire, ABC reports, isn’t expected to be contained until September 6; it covered 30,000 acres as of Wednesday night.
For now, though, things appear to be going fine at the Burn.
