The February 2018 fire burned for nine hours and left the block of restaurants, retail stores and apartments in Old City shuttered for months. PHILADELPHIA - Two brothers admitted in court Thursday to setting fire to their hookah lounge as they struggled with business losses, causing more than $20 million to a retail block in the city’s historic area.Federal prosecutors say 32-year-old Imad Dawara, of Swarthmore, and 40-year-old Bahaa Dawara, of Woodlyn, had taken out $750,000 in insurance weeks earlier.The February 2018 fire burned for nine hours and left the block of restaurants, retail stores and apartments in Old City shuttered for months.