POLICE are appealing for information after a pensioner was trapped in her home when arsonists pushed burning tissues through her letterbox.

The 69-year-old was asleep at her home in Sultan Street, Bury, at 12.20am yesterday and woke up when she heard a bang.

A net curtain on the back of her front door had been set alight and the woman was beaten back by the flames.

When the firefighters arrived, she was pulled out of the building while the fire was put out. The woman was left shaken, but uninjured.

At around the same time, a 72-year-old man next-door had noticed a lit tissue had been pushed through his letter box, but it failed to ignite and burnt itself out.

Police are investigating.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Bury CID on 0161 856 8150 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.