The search and rescue efforts​ following the deadly fire at Happy Cat Sanctuary​ on Long Island took a grim turn Monday.

Lisa Jaeger, heading recovery efforts for the surviving cats, said Chris Arsenault died trying to save the animals at his Long Island home.

a board member for the Happy Cat Sanctuary. The plan has been to keep the cats at the warehouse for the next few weeks but it was nearing capacity Monday with about 200 individual cages ...

Christopher Arsenault, 65, founder of the Happy Cat Sanctuary, died in a fire at his Medford home early Monday that also claimed the lives of "numerous" cats, Suffolk County police said.

The fire at a Long Island animal sanctuary that killed its owner and at least 100 cats has been deemed ... tragic blaze that destroyed the Happy Cat Sanctuary Monday, killing animal rescuer ...

said the ordeal Monday was “tragic.” “It’s a horrible situation,” he told The Post. The sanctuary, identified as Happy Cat Inc. in Medford, is a nonprofit “safe haven for cats in need ...

MEDFORD, Long Island (WPVI) -- The owner of a cat sanctuary and an unknown number of cats were killed in a fire on Monday morning. The blaze broke out around 7:15 a.m. at the Happy Cat Sanctuary ...