Surveillance video shows guy setting Houston bar on fire

HOUSTON — The owners of a Galleria-area business are hoping Houston police can identify a man who was caught on camera trying to set their hookah bar on fire. Surveillance video captured most of the incident around the Uptown Lounge on Richmond Ave near Chimney Rock.

“I really can’t think of anything that would give anyone the angst against us,” one owner told us. For their safety, the owners asked us not to use their names.

They called the Houston Police Department to file a report after an employee noticed burn marks on the side of the building.

“It’s shocking. We try to be as nice to everybody and not have any problems. Now, someone trying to do this and take our livelihood away from us, it’s crazy.”

The owners say that before 6 a.m. on …