SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Mike Mills was killed in a Nokomis trailer park fire in the early morning hours of Tuesday, August 5.

His family finding out through friends in the area, spoke to ABC7 about the moment they heard. Tammy Pemberton, Mill’s Aunt says they usually stay in contact, and when she didn’t hear from him, she reached out.

“I had sent him a message saying I haven’t heard from you, and that wasn’t like him not to contact me.”

She walked me through her first reaction after learning her nephew had died, “I remember running back and forth in my driveway. I was just screaming to the top of my lungs that this can’t... please don’t let this be real.”

Mill’s sister, Elizabeth Chrisman shares the same sentiment, she didn’t want it to be true, “We just didn’t want it to be real, more

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