Police are investigating a petrol bomb attack on a house in Radcliffe during the early hours of this morning.

Two men, wearing balaclavas and dark clothing, were spotted throwing three bottles of petrol through the front window of the empty house in Coomassie Street at 1.15am before running away.

The fires in the empty living room burned themselves out before fire fighters arrived.

No-one was in the property at the time of the attack.

Anyone with any information about the incident is asked to contact Whitefield CID on 0161 856 8150.