🔥 A small dryer fire reignited and filled the Monmouth County SPCA with thick smoke
🔥 Over 200 animals were evacuated into cages on a grassy area outside
🔥 The MCSPCA seeks donations to buy a new commercial dryer
EATONTOWN — A dryer fire at the Monmouth County SPCA shelter killed a cat and forced the shelter to evacuate.
Associate Executive Director Barbara Lovell told New Jersey 101.5 that the initial fire at the Eatontown facility was discovered by two veterinary techs who were able to put out the flames with a fire extinguisher.
After staff fled the building, Executive Director Ross Licitra and General Manager Scott Crawford went inside and found the fire had reignited, creating a thick smoke in a hallway where some of the most vulnerable animals are kept…