The fire that destroyed Williams Seafood Restaurant, a popular eatery in Savannah, Ga., was an act of arson, authorities said.

Investigators found at least three places around the 52-year-old building where the Sunday fire appeared to have been deliberately set, said Bucky Burnsed, spokesman for the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department.

Burnsed would not say if there were any suspects in the fire.

Savannah police, state fire investigators, the Southside Fire Department and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are all investigating the fire.

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