About 50 of the cats may become adoptable in the coming weeks while the feral cats will need to be placed with specific rescue groups where they can live undisturbed or be rehabilitated, a sanctuary official said.

A community is rallying behind the hundreds of displaced cats that survived the fire at the Happy Cat Sanctuary in Medford, Long Island. The blaze took the life of the sanctuary’s owner, 65-year-old Chris Arsenault,

"Numerous" cats also perished in the blaze, an agency spokesperson confirmed at a press conference hours later.Of the 300 cats inside at the time of the fire, at least 100 were killed, a police source told ABC 7.