<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An Adelaide business owner is baffled as to why two of his restaurants have been hit by arsonists in the space of a year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The latest occurred last night in Grange, with police now investigating if it has links to illegal tobacco.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The incident, which occurred at the Lezzete Restaurant and Cafe on Jetty Street, marks the second time in the last 12 months that a business owned by Daniel Ali has been targeted by arson.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/search-to-resume-for-missing-pilot-after-nsw-light-plane-crash/690b45ca-41bc-48cf-8771-82626dc560b6" rel="" target="" title=""><strong><span>Plane found downed in rough and remote terrain but pilot still missing</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I don't know what's going on, what's happening," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I don't have any enemies... I don't have any problems with anyone."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Emergency services were alerted to the blaze at midnight, with residents reporting the sound of shattering glass and a motorcycle speeding away from the scene. </span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/adelaide-business-owner-hit-by-second-arson-attack-in-a-year/2906e5e9-cc01-4195-9845-272a18c39c25" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The fire resulted in a power outage, forcing neighbouring businesses, including the Bora Cafe, to close for the day. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Carla Giordano, a local business owner, said the incident was "terrible, especially the other businesses that are going to lose their trade today, just shocking for the community".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The interior of Lezzete Restaurant and Cafe, owned by Ali, sustained significant damage, with images revealing extensive ash and scorch marks. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Very sad," Ali said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I just heard police come to me and they said 'oh your shop, it got burnt inside, it's all damaged'."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police can't confirm whether tobacco has been found at the restaurant in the past, but are investigating if this suspicious fire is linked to Operation Eclipse - a taskforce cracking down on illicit tobacco. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ali has denied any involvement with tobacco.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"No, not tobacco, I don't have anything with the tobacco," he said</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Yeah,  it's been raided before and there was nothing."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The incident follows a similar arson attack on another of Ali's restaurants, Al Sultan, a year earlier. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>CCTV footage from that incident showed two hooded figures dousing the restaurant in accelerant. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><strong><span>This article was produced with the assistance of </span></strong></em><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/technology/9express/16480c33-636a-461f-9c4f-d0e2522c722a"><em><strong><span>9ExPress</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>.</span></strong></em></div></div>