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STAMFORD, Conn. — A house severely damaged in a Christmas-morning fire that killed three children and two grandparents has been torn down.
The building department determined that the $1.7 million house was unsafe, Stamford Fire Chief Antonio Conte said.
The home’s owner, advertising executive Madonna Badger, and her male acquaintance escaped from the fire. But Badger’s three daughters and her parents, who were visiting for the holiday, died, police said.
A spokeswoman for Saks Fifth Avenue confirmed that Badger’s father, Lomer John son, had worked as a Santa this year at its flagship store in Manhattan. He retired as director of safety and security at Kentucky-based liquor maker Brown-Forman Corp. several years ago, his former boss said.
