When Levon Morland died suddenly from a rare illness, his identical twin brother Aran was devastated.

The pair had been out on the town just hours before his body was found by their heartbroken mother, Sandra.

The 22-year-old died in his sleep in January from the extremely rare Wolfe Parkinson White Syndrome, which left him with an occasional heart flutter.

Now Aran is trying to raise thousands of pounds to help research into the condition.

He already has 30 volunteers taking part in a sponsored fire walk in the family’s home village of West Rainton, Near Durham City, next month.

It is the latest chapter in a campaign by Levon’s family and friends to raise awareness of heart conditions in young people.

They have already raised £21,000 for CRY, the Cardiac Risk in the Young charity.

Aran said: “People are welcome to take part as long as they let us know in advance.

“I think people will find it a challenge to themselves, that is why I am doing it besides raising money for CRY.

“It is something I have never done and I am looking forward to it.”

He said:"Levon had this condition for 10 years but he was told he would not die of the disorder, just have some discomfort.

"He could have had an operation to correct it, which has a 97% success rate, but he thought why risk the three percent.

"It is only since he died that we have found other people have died from the disorder.  A lady from Scotland wrote to say her son had been told the same thing, that it would not kill him.

"He has been advised to have the operation, this is why raising awareness is so important."

The two brothers were extremely close and Aran was devastated when Levon died but he has found doing things with the charity have helped.

Aran added:"I'm doing all right, the charity has kept us occupied and by last week we had raised £21000."

That figure does not include money Aran has raised by doing the Great North Run last weekend.

Participants in the fire walk will have two hours training at the Jubilee Hall in West Rainton before setting off to walk barefoot over the 20 feet burning coals at the Greyhound Pub in West Rainton.