Chris Rock and Diplo escape Burning Man while thousands of attendees shelter in place as rainstorm batters Nevada's Black Rock Desert
Thousands of people are stuck in the Nevada desert after rains led to road closures.
DJ Diplo said he and Chris Rock were some of the lucky few able to escape.
"I legit walked the side of the road for hours with my thumb out..." Diplo wrote on Instagram.
As tens of thousands of Burning Man attendees weather the muddy conditions in Nevada's Black Rock City, Diplo said he and Chris Rock escaped thanks to a resourceful fan with a pickup truck.
"A fan offered Chris rock and I a ride out of burning man in the back of a pick up," Diplo wrote on Instagram in a video showing him, Rock, and a group of people packed together with luggage as they zoomed past the desert landscape. "After walking 6 miles through the mud… all Chris could think about was a f&cking cold brew."
"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," Diplo wrote in a caption. "Also shoutout to this guy for making the smart purchase of a truck not knowing it was for this exact moment."
Attendees of the nine-day art and music festival — a favorite among billionaires like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg — have been asked to "conserve food, water, and fuel, and shelter in a warm, safe space" after flooding resulted in road closures and shut down the festival's temporary airport, per the festival's traffic account.
Burning Man attracts over 70,000 attendees.
The Bureau of Land Management announced that people trying to drive to the playa where the festival is held would be turned around.
"Rain over the last 24 hours has created a situation that required a full stop of vehicle movement on the playa. More rain is expected over the next few days and conditions are not expected to improve enough to allow vehicles to enter the playa," The BLM told Insider in a statement Saturday.
On social media, attendees seem to keep the party going, dancing with plastic bags on their feet as they traverse the boggy ground. One user on TikTok posted people ankle-deep in mud attempting to make their way to the portable toilets.
Rock also posted photos from the mucky festival, writing that people have been unable to travel in and out of the grounds to fill generators or deliver supplies.
Representatives for Rock and Diplo did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
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