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Diplo and Chris Rock Escape Burning Man Flooding By Catching a Ride in Fan’s Pickup Truck

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Michaela Zee Diplo escaped Burning Man with comedian Chris Rock after heavy rainfall interrupted the festival on Friday night.

In a video posted to Diplo’s Instagram on Saturday, the DJ records himself in the back of a pickup truck with Rock and other festival-goers. “A fan offered Chris Rock and I a ride out of Burning Man in the back of a pick up,” he wrote in the video. “After walking 6 miles through the mud.” Diplo added in the post’s caption, “I legit walked the side of the road for hours with my thumb out cuz i have a show in dc tonight and didnt want to let yall down.

Also shoutout to this guy for making the smart purchase of a truck not knowing it was for this exact moment.” A post shared by diplo (@diplo) Tens of thousands of attendees were left stranded in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada after a heavy rainstorm Friday night trapped them in thick and slippery mud.

Festival-goers have been ordered to conserve food, water and fuel, as well as shelter in place due to the weather. The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office also announced in a statement, “Due to recent rainfall, the Bureau of Land Management and the Pershing County Sheriff’s Office officials have closed the entrance to Burning Man for the remainder of the event.

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