Man charged over mother-of-three’s third-degree car fire burns

A man has been charged after a woman was rushed to hospital with burns to 38 per cent of her body after she was allegedly set on fire, before a car exploded in Perth’s outer-east.

Police were called to reports of a car on fire near the corner of Honey St and Mill End in Mount Helena, about 35km east of Perth’s CBD, about 6.25pm Friday.