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    Aussie disabled man is tragically killed in LA fires – as mum made a desperate attempt to save him

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    By HARRISON CHRISTIAN FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

    Published: 03:06 EST, 11 January 2025 | Updated: 03:49 EST, 11 January 2025

    A disabled Aussie man was killed when his cottage was razed in the LA fires, as his mum bravely tried to stop the blaze with a garden hose. 

    Rory Callum Sykes, 32, died when his cottage on his mother’s estate in Malibu burned down on Thursday.

    Mr Sykes was born blind with cerebral palsy. He had difficulty walking and worked as a motivational speaker. 

    ‘I’m totally heartbroken,’ said his mum Shelley Sykes on social media.

    She described Mr Sykes, a British-born Australian, as a ‘wonderful son’ who ‘overcame so much with surgeries and therapies to regain his sight and to be able to learn to walk’. 

    ‘Despite the pain, he still enthused about traveling the world with me from Africa to Antarctica.’

    Mr Sykes had his own cottage on his mother’s 17-acre Malibu estate and the fire consumed the cottage on Thursday, she said. 

    ‘I couldn’t put out the cinders on his roof with a hose because the water was switched off by Las Virgenes Municipal Water.

    Aussie disabled man is tragically killed in LA fires – as mum made a desperate attempt to save him

    Rory Callum Sykes, 32, died when his cottage on his mother’s estate in Malibu burned down on Thursday

    ‘Even the 50 brave fire fighters had no water all day!’ 

    At least 10 people have been killed as catastrophic fires rage through Los Angeles into a fifth day and police carry out a series of looting and arson arrests.

    As of Saturday, over 10,000 structures have been burned down, with a total of 29,053 acres of land scorched in one of Los Angeles’ most horrific disasters to date. 

    Among the destroyed homes was that of Oscar-winning Aussie director and actor Mel Gibson, who reflected on how it felt to learn that he had lost almost everything when his $23.5million mansion burnt to the ground.

    Gibson, 69, discovered his house had been consumed by fire while recording an episode on Joe Rogan’s podcast on Friday.

    After learning that his house was about to be destroyed the actor said he rushed back to the Malibu mansion with his son to grab whatever they could before it all turned to ash.

    He said the pair only escaped with their passports and a few other important documents while his artworks and books, some of which were from the 16th century and priceless, were destroyed in the flames.

    Gibson said he knew his house was a goner after he was warned it was in the direct path of the fire but that it was still shocking to see the wreckage left behind.

    'I couldn’t put out the cinders on his roof with a hose because the water was switched off by Las Virgenes Municipal Water,' said Mr Sykes' mother, Shelley Sykes

    ‘I couldn’t put out the cinders on his roof with a hose because the water was switched off by Las Virgenes Municipal Water,’ said Mr Sykes’ mother, Shelley Sykes

    ‘By and large everything is gone. When I went up there there yesterday it looked like Dresden after Bomber Harris got through with it. There’s nothing left,’ he said.

    There are growing questions, including from Gibson himself, about why LA and California officials failed to prepare for the disaster when they had ample warning of encroaching wind.

    ‘My son grabbed like three things and took off and those are okay, stuff like passports and a couple of papers… [but] its tragic, it makes you really sad.

    ‘There’s actually neighbours that I have and I was looking at them and I felt worse for them than I did for myself.

    ‘I look at it as a strange mixture of sadness and almost kind of an elation in a sense. I just count my blessings… it is what it is I guess.’

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