Vet: Cat hoarder likely thought she was doing a good thing

A veterinarian who has had a wealth of experience dealing with animal hoarding says the woman who kept 85 cats in her home at 82 McKinley St. in Nutley likely believed she was doing a good thing by keeping the cats in her home, despite the conditions reported after a fire killed 34 of the [...]

Where did all the cats come from?

This was certainly an interesting week. Nothing was more bizarre, though, than the fire at 82 McKinley St. in Nutley early Wednesday morning.
Ironically, I already had an appointment at the Nutley Fire Department with Deputy Chief Fred Scalera. He and I were to be working on a story about the department’s HAZ-MAT and Arson units. [...]

Cat-fire update: 34 of 85 cats dead

Of the 85 cats found at a Wednesday fire at 82 McKinley St. in Nutley, fire Lt. David Wilson now says 34 have died, 51 were rescued and an unknown number escaped while firefighters put out the fire. A Perfect World Cat Rescue and the Bloomfield-Bukowski Animal Shelter now have the living cats.

Cat-fire update: 85 cats were in house

There were at least 85 cats living in a house that caught fire Wednesday at 82 McKinley St., Nutley, according to Nutley Fire Lt. David Wilson. Initial reports indicated there were 50 cats living in the house — 10 of which perished. However, after further investigation, Wilson says the final count ended up at 85. [...]

Fire kills 10 cats in Nutley

NUTLEY — Ten cats were killed and *40 others were rescued from a house that caught fire in Nutley early this morning, Deputy Fire Chief Fred Scalera said this afternoon. Firefighters were called to the home at 82 McKinley St. after a neighbor noticed smoke coming from a second-floor window and called them, he said. [...]