Queens restaurant owner accused of arson By FOX 5 NY Staff Published The FDNY says a man was arrested for trying to burn down his restaurant NEW YORK - The owner of a shuttered Queens restaurant is accused of trying to burn his own business down. The FDNY says the building's sprinkler system thwarted the plan. The FDNY says Asif Raja, 54, of New Jersey, was arrested for allegedly using a flammable liquid to set multiple fires in the aptly named Ignited Restaurant & Lounge on Steinway Street in Astoria back on Aug. 4, 2020. Firefighters were called for reports of a gas odor at 10:13 p.m. that night. They found the sprinkler activated as well as evidence of several small fires that were extinguished before they got there.