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Former child actor Rory Sykes killed in L.A. fires as water ran dry, his mother says

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Shelley Sykes , a TV production entrepreneur, tells Australian media of a desperate battle to save her son.

Rory Sykes had cerebral palsy and was blind and had difficulty walking, she says.

She says she saw embers on the roof of her son's cottage and tried to extinguish them with a hose.

"I am just devastated, it is unreal at the moment. I cannot breathe," she tells Channel Nine .

Fire authorities said he died from carbon monoxide poisoning.

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informal

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English

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