POLICE are investigating after a man was found with serious burns on playing fields in Bradford.

Officers were alerted at 4.30am today when two men, returning home from work, found the man on fire on fields off Summerville Road, Lidget Green.

He was taken to Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield suffering from serious burns.

Detectives are investigating the circumstances.

The scene has been cordoned off as the investigation take place.