A 100-YEAR-OLD pavilion was damaged and two others destroyed by an arsonist in Melbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens.
Firefighters were called to a large blaze in the gardens just before 6am on Saturday and arrived to find two more fires burning.
Police said the arsonist was potentially in the gardens at the same time that firefighters arrived.
"It's too early to say, but it appears that they are all linked because obviously they were all in very close time frames," detective senior constable Megan MacInnes told reporters.
Professor Tim Entwisle, chief executive of the Botanic Gardens, said two buildings were destroyed and another significantly burned.
"Some plants were damaged doing this as well, which for us in the botanic gardens is just as distressing," Prof Entwisle said.
He said the Lakeview rest house is 100 years old and had been damaged, while the William Tell rest house had been burned down.
A toilet block was also burned down.
Prof Entwisle said security patrols spotted the fire, and said it was tough to keep people from getting in at night.
"It's very hard - without putting razor wire around the Botanic Garden - to absolutely keep people out," he said.
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