Stamford, CT: Fire tore through the home of an advertising executive in a tony neighborhood along the Connecticut shoreline Sunday, killing her three children and both of her parents on Christmas morning.If this story was about a fire in a ghetto or a trailer park, people would be thinking "yeah, the bitch and her boyfriend torched the place to get rid of the kids". But not here.
Madonna Badger and a male acquaintance were able to escape from the house as it was engulfed by flames, said Stamford Police Sgt. Paul Guzda. But Badger's three daughters — a 10-year-old and 7-year-old twins — perished in the fire, Guzda said. He said Badger's parents, who were visiting for the holiday, also died.
I'm not saying that Badger and her boyfriend set fire to her home. And maybe I'm just a cynical old crank. But when I see a story about how just one family member escaped as the house roared into flames, I start wondering how a multi-million dollar house in the richest town in Connecticut apparently had no functioning smoke detectors. I wonder how the fire spread so quickly (and I hope that those who died, did so in their sleep of smoke inhalation).
Maybe this is the big Christmas tragedy that the papers say it is.
But if there is a story in 2012 about how the fire was ruled to be arson, don't be too surprised.
...and it turns out her finances were not in good shape...
ReplyDeleteThis makes it even more suspicious...
ReplyDeleteStamford House Torn Down After Christmas Morning Fire That Killed Three Girls, Grandparents
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/hc-stamford-fire-five-died-20111225,0,1306213.story
My thought exactly. No one is talking about "her acquaintance"
ReplyDeleteTurns out the rumor mongers were wrong. It was ashes, with hot embers still in them, left in a paper bag that started the fire.
ReplyDeleteThis is actually quite common. I went to one last week.
I'm still suspicious. Scooping hot ashes, with embers, into a paper bag and then leaving the bag inside the house? In a house with no working smoke or carbon monoxide detectors?
ReplyDeleteRight. In a poor or working-class town, I'll wager that a prosecutor would be presenting that to a grand jury and coming back with an indictment for five counts of manslaughter.
I agree with you Comrade. "Innocently" leaving a paper bag of embers in the house is a great way to get your insurance to finish the renovations. Sadly an old wood house, probably built with double walls without firebreaks between the floors, will burn much faster than most people can imagine. And in such a frightening situation, nothing will work out as planned.
ReplyDeleteYou would be amazed at how many people think a paper bag or plastic bucket is just fine for fireplace ashes. As far as no working smoke dectors, the house was being renovated so I bet they either had them taken down or disconnected.
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