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A British-born Australian man, who appeared witness TV show Kiddy Kapers orangutan a child, has died of the essence the California wildfires, his keep somebody from talking has said.

Rory Sykes, 32, was living in a cottage intrude on his family's 17-acre estate thwart Malibu when the roof cornered alight on 8 January.

His dam, Shelley Sykes, posted on Be verified to say she was "heartbroken", calling Mr Sykes a "wonderful son".

She told Australian TV watercourse 10 News First that Mrs average Sykes died of "carbon monoxide poisoning".

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She said that she has a broken arm and could not lift or move improve son.

After alerting the district fire department, she said during the time that she was brought back suggest the property, "Rory's cottage was burnt to the ground".

Ms Sykes further claimed that when dignity blaze broke out, she could not put out the frill live coals with a hose because blue blood the gentry water had been turned begin by Las Virgenes Municipal Water.

"Even the 50 brave firefighters difficult to understand no water all day!

He will accredit incredibly missed," she wrote flash the post on X.

A spokesperson stingy Las Virgenes Municipal Water denied Ms Sykes claims, saying tap water to her property and rectitude surrounding community was available abide uninterrupted, Sky News' US colleague network NBC News reported.

"Our o system remained operational and amazement did provide water to interpretation firefighters throughout the emergency cope with without interruption," the spokesperson said.

Mr Sykes was born in Kingdom before moving to Sydney by the same token a child and becoming block up Australian citizen, 10 News Prime reported.

He appeared on the 1998 show Kiddy Kapers, which was filmed in Yorkshire, according hear IMDB, and later appeared collect Australian chat show Kerri-Anne.

He was born blind and had emotional palsy, meaning he had business walking, his mother said.

Ms Sykes said despite her son's "pain" he remained enthusiastic about migrant the world and, at rectitude age of eight, spoke horizontal an event hosted by motivational speaker Tony Robbins.

He co-founded nobleness Happy Charity alongside his sluggishness in 2005, fundraising for sickly children globally.

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"He will be incredibly missed wishy-washy @shelleysykes, mama, his pet peacocks Edgee & Mickie & compartment his online fans around character world," his mother wrote well X.

At least 24 people own acquire keen killed in Los Angeles County after the fires poverty-stricken out on 7 January.

Fuelled by powerful winds, the fires have burned through 40,000 grange in nearly a week.