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| Amanda Ferguson at the clean-up |
Toronto Fire and Health Department workers dressed in white hazmat suits have spent the day clearing a nightmare combination of cats feces and combustible junk from a home on Beech Ave. in the Beach neighborhood this Monday. A court order was obtained by the city to enter and begin to make the home safe for human habitation. The residence has been the target of years of complaints, according to neighbors, because of countless cats and their stench, garbage, newspapers, cardboard, wood, blankets and other discarded objects overflowing onto the front yard. The cleanup crew looked much like those who cleared a hoarders home in Manor Rd earlier this year. They said the amount of combustible materials lying around was well above standards set by the Ontario Fire Code. Reporter Amanda Ferguson of City-tv said this house has been the focus of other raids. In the fall, some 47 cats were taken from the property. Today, she said, was an attempt to make the place fit for humans to stay in. The National Post reported that cat feces was three inches thick in some places in the basement. The occupant of the home is present and entreating city officials to let her keep certain items which she hopes to sell.
