A Sydney mother has died after being set alight in a freak accident while lighting her barbecue, with her two young children witnessing the horrific incident. The tragedy has devastated her family, coming as a second heartbreaking loss for them, though further details of the earlier tragedy were not specified in the report.

The woman, named as Charlotte Hill, suffered severe burns when the barbecue ignited unexpectedly as she turned it on at home. She died from her injuries, leaving her children traumatised after watching the accident unfold, and her death has left the wider family reeling from a further blow following a previous tragedy.