Hot chicken arsonist caught on camera
Nashville Fire Department
and last updated 2021-03-15 18:01:08-04
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â Nashville Fire Department Fire Investigators asked for the publicâs help in identifying a person caught on surveillance video setting fire to a hot chicken restaurant.
Officials say Grandaddyâs Original Hot Chicken Shack on the 3800 block of Old Hickory Blvd was damaged in a fire on February 21 around 4 a.m.
When firefighters were called to the scene, they found a fire burning outside of the business. Sprinklers inside the building put out the flames inside the restaurant before firefighters got there.
ASTORIA, Queens (WABC) A restaurant owner in Queens has been arrested for allegedly trying to set his own business on fire after the restaurant had been closed due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Investigators say 54-year-old Asif Raja set the fire in several locations inside his restaurant, but the sprinkler system knocked the flames down.
It happened back in August at the business on Steinway Street in Astoria.
Only after an ongoing investigation did FDNY fire marshals, working with NYPD and ATF as part of a task force, identify it as an arson.