A MAN threatened to turn himself into a human torch in Tonge Fold on Monday night.
Police were called to a phone box near Tonge Moor Road at around 9pm after receiving reports that a man was threatening to set himself alight.
He had doused his clothes in white spirits and was holding a box of matches.
Firefighters from Bolton were on standby at the scene for about half an hour in case he carried out his threats.
A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said: "The man was detained under the Mental Health Act and taken to hospital."
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