Australian man dies in California fires as flames engulf Malibu home

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.

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