A fire broke out at a home on Hilltop Road, Avalon, in Sydney overnight.

A body has been found after a fire ripped through a home in Avalon on Sydney's Northern Beaches.

Devastated family members have paid tribute to an “incredibly kind” woman who died in a devastating fire which consumed her Sydney home.

A home on Sydney’s Northern Beaches has gone up in flames overnight, with fears for a resident still unaccounted for.

A home on Sydney’s Northern Beaches has gone up in flames overnight, with fears for a resident still unaccounted for.

A woman has died and two firefighters have been injured during a house fire in Sydney's west overnight.

A woman has died and two firefighters have been injured during a house fire in Sydney's west overnight.

Emergency services were called to the blaze near Harbour Road in Gardenstown shortly before 5am on September 18

Rescue crews have continued the search for a 70-year-old woman after a fire destroyed an Avalon home.

A woman, who was within the building at the time of the blaze, remains unaccounted for after the blaze in the early hours of Thursday morning.