Sydney: Parwinder Kaur, a 32-year-old married Indian woman died on Monday outside her house in Sydney, after she poured petrol and set herself on fire.
Parwinder Kaur died on Tuesday after she suffered 85 per cent burns.
Detectives are now probing as to how she was doused in petrol and caught fire.
Her body was engulfed in flames from head to toe and she collapsed in her driveway.
Her neighbours saw Parwinder screaming while on fire and running out of her Rouse Hill home on Monday.
Police said her 34-year-old husband Kulwinder Singh tried put out the fire with his hands.
Kaur had earlier dialled the emergency number for seeking help.
"She ran screaming from the house," a neighbour said, adding, "She was on fire."
Another witness said she was burnt from the neck down.
"There was nothing left of her clothes. (Her husband) was screaming and she had a blanket over her, still smouldering."
Detective Superintendent Rob Critchlow said Kulwinder was questioned but there were conflicting versions of events.
"It's a really horrendous, horrific death and very traumatic for the neighbours who assisted," Critchlow said.
Police said Parwinder had earlier this year reported a domestic argument to them, following which the issue was resolved peacefully.
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