A New Jersey cat lady made it clear that her threat to blow up the house she was being evicted from rather than move was not an idle one on Wednesday, WNBC reports on a real cat-astrophe.
The unidentified woman was pronounced dead at the scene of the inferno she ignited with herself and at least 30 cats inside the home on Cedar Court in Roosevelt, New Jersey. It’s not clear how many felines perished in the fire – if any, as the local animal control were still searching the area for the cats into the afternoon following the circa 11 AM explosion. The eviction dispute was not a rent-related one but simply the landlord trying to kick the cat lady out to sell the property.