U.S.: Deadly Christmas house fire kills children, parents of NYC advertising exec
- It is a terrible, terrible day. There probably has not been a worse Christmas day in the city of Stamford.
- Stamford, Ct. Mayor Michael Pavia • Discussing the large house fire which left a high-profile NYC advertising exec unscathed but killed her three children, as well as her parents, on Christmas morning. Madonna Badger, who founded the Badger and Winters advertising company, was treated at a local hospital, along with a male acquaintance who was a contractor at the home. Badger bought the $1.7 million home last year. Badger’s husband, who was in NYC at the time, was taken to the home after the fire by police. No cause has been yet determined in the deadly blaze. source