A man accused of trying to kill a Queensland 65-year-old by setting him on fire has been remanded in custody.
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David Charles Edgerley, 34, did not appear when his matter was heard in Brisbane Magistrates court on Saturday and did not apply for bail.
The Kooralbyn man allegedly doused accelerant on Victor Graveson, 65, while he was sleeping at his Alexandra Hills home on Friday morning.
The retiree remains in a critical condition at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital with burns to 80 per cent of his body.
Relatives say they saw a man running from Graveson's property about 9am on Friday, about the same time they saw smoke coming from the home.
"I was sitting here and one bloke ran up the road, took off at a 100 mile," Mr Graveson's cousin told AAP.
"About 15 minutes or maybe 10 minutes later we could see the smoke coming from down at the house and by the time we got up there it was pretty well alight.
"Victor was lying inside my brother's verandah all burnt, right through. There wasn't a bit of skin left on him."
Mr Edgerley's matter was adjourned until September 4.
- With AAP