A free community library in Cheshire has been left “unrecognisable” by the effects of a fire that police believe was started deliberately.
The small wooden hut at Lyme Green Community Park in Macclesfield allowed people to donate and borrow books, but its contents have been left badly burnt.
Resident Elliot Smith, 31, who has launched a fundraising appeal to replace it, said he was saddened to see destroyed books and blackened shelves.
Cheshire Police said the fire, which was reported at 20:20 GMT on Tuesday, is being investigated as a possible arson attack.