A 64-year-old woman and up to 40 cats died Friday in a devastating inferno on Cherry Street in Edwardsville, emergency responders said “We got dispatched for a structure fire with entrapment.

A Long Island man was arrested for allegedly setting his home on fire in a massive blaze that killed two dogs and a cat — and sent two firefighters to the hospital, according to police. Jahan Kia, 40, ...