A pitmaster and dedicated father died alongside his son waiting for help in LA fire
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A pitmaster and dedicated father died alongside his son waiting for help in LA fire

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A pitmaster and dedicated father died alongside his son waiting for help in LA fire toggle caption Anthony Mitchell Jr. A week before the California wildfires, Anthony Mitchell Sr. told his son Anthony Mitchell Jr. that what he treasured most in life was not money or possessions, but his family. Those words have stayed with Anthony Jr. ever since he found out his father and younger brother Justin died in the Eaton fire last week. "He believed in family and I think that's one of the reasons it cost him his life, because he wasn't going to leave my younger brother," Anthony Jr. told NPR. But after a few hours passed, Anthony Jr. said he received a call from another family member that his father and younger brother did not evacuate.

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Victims of the fires in the Los Angeles area
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Victims of the fires in the Los Angeles area

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LOS ANGELES — At least five people were killed and thousands of structures were burned as fierce wildfires raged in the Los Angeles area. She said authorities told the family Mitchell was found by the side of his son’s bed in Altadena. Another son, also in his 20s, lived with the pair but was in the hospital, and no caregivers …

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