Christmas Day fire

The remains of a house following a deadly fire - Stamford, CT (credit: CBS2)

Stamford Officials Put Extra Focus On Annual Fire Prevention Week Following Christmas Day Fatal Fire

The city of Stamford has since passed a law requiring working smoke and carbon monoxide detectors for every home in the city.

2012/10/10

Matthew and Madonna Badger watch as the caskets carrying the bodies of their three daughters arrive for funeral services on Jan. 5, 2012. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Madonna Badger Speaks Out About Fatal Christmas Day Fire In Stamford

Badger said that the bag of ashes didn’t seem dangerous because her boyfriend, Michael Borcina, ran his hands over them before putting them on top of a plastic bin in a mudroom.

2012/06/21

Deadly Stamford Christmas Fire Police Report To Be Turned Over To State’s Attorney

Three sisters and their grandparents died in the fire. The girls’ mother, Madonna Badger and her boyfriend Michael Borcina, survived. Investigators determined the fire was started by improperly discarded fireplace embers.

2012/02/14

Report: Matthew Badger May Sue Michael Borcina Over Deadly Christmas Day Fire

In January, officials in Connecticut were scrutinizing the circumstances of the blaze, trying to determine if it was just a horrible accident or a crime.

2012/02/13

Officials Meet With State’s Attorney, Have Preliminary Talks On Deadly Stamford Christmas Fire

Was it just a horrible accident, or a crime? That’s what police and prosecutors were trying to figure out Friday in Connecticut as they began putting the horrendous Christmas Day fire under a legal microscope.

2012/01/27

Madonna And Matthew Badger embrace shortly before the funeral for their daughters on Jan. 5, 2012. (credit: CBS 2)

Exclusive: Questions Arise On Whereabouts Of Stamford Xmas Fire Smoke Detectors, Extinguishers

As Stamford police investigate, they’re trying to answer a key question: were battery-operated smoke alarms and several fire extinguishers removed from the home sometime before the fire?

2012/01/25

Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home (credit: CBS 2)

Family, Friends Mourn Victims Of Christmas Day Fire

Madonna Badger, who lost her three daughters and both parents in the Christmas morning fire in Stamford, Conn., attended Wednesday’s wake, along with the girls’ father and the only other survivor of the tragedy, Badger’s contractor.

2012/01/04

Stamford Fire Dept. Releases Audiotapes In Deadly Christmas Blaze

The family of the victims who died in the tragic Christmas day fire in Stamford are reaching out to the countless strangers who have been sending their condolences.

2011/12/29

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