Oh Donna, that must have been scary!! Poor kitties! What a jerk that guy is if he's been disconnecting his own smoke detector. Get yourself a battery driven one, as Ramanth suggested!

Last year, we had a drunk living arcoss the road with his GS dog. He had been thrown out of his own flat and had borrowed his mothers while she was on holiday. One night, the firebrigade came - there was smoke coming out of the windows and soon after, they came out with the dog in plastic bag and the guy right after - both dead.

When drunks sleep, they SLEEP!! I hope they can find this man an appropiate place to live, so people in your building can relax!