A 'true hero of Burning Man' who was found dead at the infamous festival in the Black Rock Desert last week was identified by officials as Russian national Vadim Kruglov.
The 'burner' was identified after his body was found at about 9:15 p.m. on Aug. 30 during the festival's climax when the wooden 'Man' effigy began to burn in the northwestern Nevada desert, Pershing County Sheriff said.
'His family has been notified,' according to the Nevada Bureau of Land Management.
Kruglov's friends called him a 'true hero of Burning Man' and are working with his family to bring his body back to his hometown of Omsk.
'He pored his soul into our community: building the camp, creating an art installation, always ready to help others and being kind and responsive to everyone,' said one of his friends, Sofiia Shcherbakova on her Instagram.
