The matter of rebuilding the house is wzcunzhang. (Note: "wzcunzhang" seems to be a romanization or a specific term that doesn't have a clear meaning in English without additional context. If it's a name or a technical term, it might be best left as is or clarified further.)

Following this, Grandma Ding attempted to switch off the electricity in the courtyard to prevent the fire from spreading via the wires. "But the switch was too high; I couldn't reach it." At this moment, a sanitation worker passing by the gate saw the fire and came with a bucket of water to help extinguish it, but it was to no avail.

At around 5 o'clock in the morning, Grandma Ding heard the dog inside the house barking incessantly and smelled a burnt odor. After getting up, she saw flames emerging from the windows of the three eastern rooms.

At about 10 o'clock in the morning today, I arrived at Grandma Ding's home located at No. 24 Longtoujing Street in Shichahai. The three east-facing houses in the yard had been burned down to only a wooden frame by the fierce fire.

Fortunately, more than 50 cats and over 30 dogs escaped unharmed as they were housed in the northern room. I saw several cats and dogs darting out of the room, standing beside the burned house and barking or meowing. They occasionally rummaged through the ruins beneath their feet, as if searching for lost companions.

According to a report (by reporter Hejian Wang), at around 5 o'clock in the morning today, an accidental fire occurred at the home of Grandma Ding Shiying, an elderly woman over 80 years old who loves cats, in Shichahai. Although the elderly woman was not injured, approximately three-quarters (around 150) of the 200-plus cats she raised perished in the fire.

After Grandma Ding reported the fire, the firefighters arrived and extinguished the blaze at around 6 o'clock in the morning.

Currently, the neighborhood committee is preparing to help contact relevant units to clear the ruins at Grandma Ding's home. However, rebuilding the house has left Grandma Ding at a loss, and she hopes that kind-hearted people in society can lend a helping hand.

The area of the destroyed rooms was about 20 square meters. A caregiver from Grandma Ding's home pointed at the ruins on the ground and said, "Out of over 200 cats, roughly three-quarters have been burned, all crushed under this."

Volunteers helped clean up the scene.

"I saw the fire start, and it was terrible!" Grandma Ding exclaimed. She rushed to the door of the eastern room, opened it, hoping the cats inside could escape. But she only saw a few cats stagger to the doorway before collapsing. "They were all knocked unconscious by the smoke."

Subsequently, I met Grandma Ding, still shaken, in a neighboring courtyard. According to her recollection, last night she and some of the cats and dogs stayed in the northern room, while the other three-quarters of the cats resided in the three eastern rooms.

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