AN 81-YEAR-OLD man who suffered 70 per cent burns when his pyjamas caught fire went to bed as normal after the incident, it emerged today.

Cyril Grimshaw died on Sunday night after he tried to light a fire at his Manor Lane home in Nelson.

And today his son Mark revealed how his father, a mechanic at the former Victory V factory, carried on as normal following the horrific incident on Saturday night.

Mr Grimshaw, 39, of St Michael's Court, Barrowford, said he left his father at 9pm on Saturday. He was then discovered by a care worker on Sunday morning.

He said: "He tried to light the fire to burn rubbish and his pyjamas just caught fire.

"It largely burnt them off his body from his knees up.

"He had 70 per cent burns and even his lungs were burnt when he was gasping for breath.

"It all happened then he went about things as normal. He had got into bed and gone to sleep."

Mr Grimshaw was taken to Burnley General Hospital but he died on Sunday with Mark, his son's fiancee Amanda and his niece Nicola by his side.