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Hard-Wired Smoke Alarms Not Hooked Up In Madonna Badger’s Home


Posted on Dec 28, 2011 @ 01:30PM - 17 comments

By Neil Woulfe - Radar Senior News Director

Hard-wired smoke alarms had not been hooked up inside the Stamford, Connecticut Victorian home where the three young daughters and parents of New York advertising exec Madonna Badger died in a horrific fire on Christmas morning.

Authorities said Tuesday while there were plans for the alarms, they were not yet working; officials did not know whether battery-operated alarms were being used.

We’re also learning new details about the family’s frantic attempts to escape the burning $1.7 million, five-bedroom, waterfront home – purchased by Badger last year.

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Madonna Badger's Three Kids & Parents Killed In Horrific Fire: Hear The 911 Call


Posted on Dec 27, 2011 @ 07:00PM - 2 comments

By Amber Goodhand - Radar Reporter

New York fashion executive Madonna Badger's three children and parents were killed in a Christmas day fire that tore through her Stamford, Conn. home and RadarOnline.com has the numerous 911 calls that were placed to authorities.

"There's a huge fire at the house next door to us. The whole house is on fire," the first caller says in the 911 tape first obtained by the New York Post on Tuesday afternoon.

"There's three kids and a woman…"

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