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Cops have arrested a Manhattan man in the alleged revenge burning of an East Harlem deli last month.

Victor Lide, 36, was charged with arson after he was caught on surveillance video pouring flammable fluid in the service window of Saied Deli and lighting it ablaze at 108 East 125th Street on November 17, according to police.

Several employees were able to put out blaze with a fire extinguisher and no one was injured, authorities said.

A police source said Lide had tried to steal beer from the deli and was kicked out by employees shortly before starting the fire at 2 a.m.

Lide was identified after cops received a tip through the Crime Stoppers hotline, and he turned himself in shortly afterward, police said.

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