Mother dies as father and two children hospitalised after house fire in Orange | New South Wales

A mother has died and a father and two children have been taken to hospital after a house fire in regional New South Wales.

Early Saturday morning, emergency services were called to the home in Orange, in the central tablelands region, and found it alight.

The father was located outside but suffered burns when trying to re-enter the home and rescue his wife and two children, according to police.

Local firefighters entered the building and secured the children, who suffered smoke inhalation and were treated at the scene by paramedics.

A short time later, they located a woman in the front room of the house but she was unable to be revived and died at the scene.

The father and his two children were transported to Orange Base hospital and later flown to Sydney for further treatment.

A crime scene has been established, and inquiries are under way, with specialist fire investigators and crime officers to enter the building when it’s deemed safe.

The cause of the fire is yet to be determined.