Denbighshire County Hall A MAN set himself on fire after returning home to an empty house two days after his brother's death. Thomas Read, 72, returned to the house in Shone's Lane, Llay, after being treated at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd when he took a mixture of medication in an act of self-harm. While he had been in hospital his brother David had passed away at Wrexham Maelor Hospital on December 26. Mr Read, a a retired production worker who had been employed at Shotton Steelworks, had been the main carer for his father at the family home until he passed away in 1995.