Arsenault, lovingly called "Long Island cat man," was building a new, elaborate sanctuary upstate. Rescuers say, however, it's not feasible to send the injured cats there. "Chris died saving animals.

Investigators on Long Island are looking into the cause of an early morning fire at an apparent cat sanctuary that left one man dead and fears that up to 100 cats were claimed in the blaze as well.

Neighbors of a Long Island cat sanctuary that burned in a suspicious fire tearfully remembered its owner, Chris Arsenault, who died trying to rescue his beloved felines from the blaze.

MEDFORD, N.Y. (PIX11) – The surviving cats of Happy Cat Sanctuary, a Long Island animal rescue that burned down, are now up for adoption on a new website. The fire in Medford took the lives of ...

Long Island cat sanctuary destroyed, owner killed in fire 02:21. A fire at a decades-old neighborhood cat sanctuary on New York's Long Island killed the community's beloved "Cat Man" and dozens of ...

MEDFORD, Long Island (WABC) -- A massive show of support is continuing on Long Island following a devastating fire at a cat sanctuary on Monday that claimed the lives of over 100 cats, and the ...