This is the moment a bungling arsonist set himself on fire as he tried to torch a van - making it easy for police to track him down.

CCTV footage shows Kieran Crampton walking up to a house in the night before dousing the £11,000 Ford Transit van in petrol.

But as he puts a match to the vehicle, he forgets to step back - so the flames engulfed his arm.

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Kieran Crampton approaches the driveway where the white transit van is parked

Crampton staggers up the driveway towards the van carry a petrol can

The 23-year-old begins to pour petrol over the bonnet of the white Ford Transit

After seeing the footage, it did not take police long to find Crampton in A&E.

The 23-year-old was jailed for 40 months after admitting one count of arson at Bolton Crown Court, Greater Manchester.

Police say the fire was started as revenge after he left his job with Jason and Samantha Webster - who owned the van he torched - on bad terms.

It is understood he argued with the Websters after his departure from J&S Conservatories and Doors, and this sparked two other incidents of anti-social behaviour outside their home resolved by police informally.

Company director Samantha, 46, said Crampton had worked for their double glazing firm for a few months a couple of years ago.

She said: 'He was a labourer but we fired him after a couple of months because he was useless, he just never turned up.'

CCTV captures as huge explosion when Crampton puts a match to the van

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Neither she or husband saw him again until March this year when they met a drunken Crampton and his girlfriend in a pub. Mrs Webster said words were exchanged and, shortly afterwards, a paving slab was thrown through their van window.

'We couldn't prove who did it so we decided to install some CCTV,' she said.

Samantha went on to explain that at the end of April, at around 2am, Crampton and his girlfriend were outside their home, Crampton shouting at their window while his partner attacked the van, ripping the wing mirror off, and kicking the door.

The family took the footage of the incident to the police who, according to Samantha, decided to try restorative justice. This included writing an apology and paying back the guts of £800.

'They finished paying it back by June but I told the police woman dealing with the case 'I don't think they will leave it at that,' she said.

Crampton is seen running away from the scene with his arm in flames

'I just got a feeling in my water they wouldn't leave it at that. They work part time and £800 is a lot of money to them.

'Then at 2.54am on the August 16, he was pouring petrol on the van and setting it on fire.

'He's a pillock, setting himself on fire. I didn't think he would do anything this serious.

'With no drink and drugs in him he's just a normal lad but when he has a drink he becomes ten men.'

Samantha said Crampton had been out drinking in Bury with his girlfriend and after having an argument he walked a mile to a petrol station to get the fuel and then a mile to the Websters.

'To walk two miles to do what he did, that's not a spur of the moment thing you do when you're drunk.'

Samantha described the whole experience as 'terrifying' and said it was lucky neither of their two dogs were injured.

She said the attack left her and husband Jason, 48, £16.5k out of pocket - £11k for the van, £5k for a new drive and £500 to hire a van.

'I think 40 months is ridiculous, I've heard of people setting bins on fire getting six years in jail.

'The stress this has put us through has been horrible, it been horrible dealing with the insurance companies. It has just been a nightmare.

'It terrified the next door neighbour whose boys were asleep. She was saying to me that could have taken her house up, all for a two minute revenge attack,' she said.