Rory Sykes confirmed dead as heartbroken mother claims there was no water to put out cinders on roof of his home
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An Australian man has died in the Californian wildfires, his “totally heartbroken” mother has confirmed.
The British-born Australian citizen Rory Sykes, 32, died after flames engulfed his self-contained cottage on a family property near Malibu, his mother, Shelley Sykes, said in a post on X.