Firefighters on Monday said they found about 40 suspected cat corpses, after extinguishing a fire in Yuen Long.

Officers said the fire broke out in a tin-sheet house on Kam Shui South Road in Pat Heung at around 11am.

The firefighters said no one was injured and suspect that an electrical short circuit caused the fire.

Officers said they believe stray cats and dogs were being looked after in the premises, and they have notified the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to follow up the case.