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Citizen Zero at Burning Man 2025

A baby girl was delivered at Burning Man after her mother unexpectedly went into labor at the desert festival on Wednesday morning.

Kayla Thompson and her husband, Kasey Thompson were sleeping in their R.V. camper trying to rest during their first burn when she awoke in pain, thinking it could be her appendix.

Instead it was her first child a 3-pound 9-ounce baby girl which she delivered in the bathroom of their camper, with subsequent help from a neonatal nurse, an OB-GYN wearing only his underwear, a pediatric doctor all at the festival as well, who rushed to help after the husband ran out of the R.V. looking for assistance.  

The couple normally based in Salt Lake City says they had no idea she was pregnant.  

Other burners have called the baby “Citizen Zero,” while a gofundme with this picture has been started to help the family.  

Our Town Reno reporting, August 2025

Friday 08.29.25
Posted by Nicolas Colombant
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