A MAN has burned to death after apparently attempting to petrol bomb a house in Greenock and accidentally setting himself alight.

His movements were captured on a CCTV camera at the property in Union Street late on Monday night.

Footage showed him stumbling around the back of the property while carrying what appears to be a filled watering can.

Pools of liquid appear on the ground before the man stands at the entrance of the back close.

The footage then suddenly glows bright white as the man is engulfed in flames.

The Telegraph understands the man who died at the scene was 46-year-old George Miller of Greenock.

Fire engines and the police attended at the scene just after 10.30pm.

In the aftermath of the horrific blaze, police tape was placed around the front of the property as a tent was erected in the garden.

Officers stood guard at the scene yesterday morning.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Police were called around 10.35pm on September 14, following the report of a fire at a property in Union Street, Greenock.

"Emergency services attended and a 46-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene.

"Enquiries continue - however, at this time, the death is not believed to be suspicious and officers are not looking for anyone else in connection with this."

A spokesperson for Scottish Fire & Rescue confirmed that they had been alerted to a fire at a ground floor flat in Greenock at 10.20pm on Monday and that three appliances attended.

The attack on the property follows a petrol bomb murder bid at a property on the same part of Union Street earlier this year.

Back in July, Drew Darling was said to have hurled burning Molotov cocktails at a property in the same street.

Prosecutors said that he set fire to cloth within glass bottles containing an accelerant to the danger of a man and woman within the property.

The charge alleged that Darling ‘did attempt to murder them’.