Still grieving after the Christmas Day fire that took the lives of his three daughters, Matthew Badger has given his first interview to Good Morning America to promote a fund in their honor which raises money for art programs in public schools. Badger explained, "Out of the darkness came this [fund]." more ›

The grieving woman whose three daughters and parents died in a Christmas Day fire that ravaged her home tried to kill herself last week. A friend told WCBS 2 that Madonna Badger "is now in a safe place, surrounded by family and long-time friends.” more ›

A fire that broke out in a Poughkeepsie home early yesterday morning claimed the lives of two Marist College female students and a male friend. Four other people, two female students who lived in the home and two male students, managed to escape the blaze. The Poughkeepsie Journal reports that town police "said one of the Marist male students who was sleeping upstairs awoke at about 1:30 a.m., determined the doorknob of the bedroom door was hot. The student and the female who was in the room with him jumped out the second-floor window to safety." more ›

A fire that broke out in the early morning in an exclusive Stamford, Connecticut neighborhood has claimed the lives of three children and two adults. Stamford mayor Michael Pavia told reporters, "It’s a terrible, terrible day for the city of Stamford. There probably has not been a worse Christmas day in the city of Stamford." Update, 12/26: The victims were the three daughters and parents of homeowner Madonna Badger. more ›

The three-alarm Brooklyn fire that claimed the lives of two men in a three-story building on Covert Street was apparently started by a hot plate. Fire officials said it seemed that a hot plate was used near a bed; NBC New York reports, "Instead of calling 911 when the fire was sparked around 9:15 p.m. Friday, the occupant using the hot plate tried to smother the fire with bedding and sheets -- further spreading the flames." more ›

Last night, a three alarm fire broke out in a three-story building on Covert St. in Brooklyn, killing two of the occupants. Fire officials believe the two adult men were trapped in the illegally subdivided building: One victim died after jumping out of a window and the other's body was found on the top floor. more ›

Yesterday, two adults and one child died when a fire broke out in their apartment in Belmont, and though investigators don't suspect any criminality, the Department of Buildings says the building received numerous complaints for things like illegal conversion, lack of exits and faulty wiring starting in 2009. The fire has prompted Mayor Bloomberg to go after landlords who illegally subdivide apartment buildings. He said, "In the end, the real people culpable are landlords who break up apartments in the interest of profits and put people that live there at risk...We should go after the landlords and rest assured the city is going to do that." more ›

Earlier this morning, a two-alarm fire ravaged a Bronx two-family home, killing a 36-year-old man, a 40-year-old woman and a 12-year-old boy. The blaze, which was called "possibly suspicious," occurred on Prospect Avenue in the Belmont section around 3:30 a.m. The FDNY said, "There were heavy fire conditions on both the second and third floors of a three-story brownstone. When we arrived, numerous people on the street were screaming." And another city official said the building was illegally occupied. more ›

The FDNY says the Monday afternoon fire that claimed the lives of a man and two of his daughters was started by a five-year-old child playing with a lighter. A mattress caught fire in the Bushwick two-family home on Putnam Avenue—according to the NY Times, "Some of the building’s residents tried to put the fire out before calling 911 by dragging the burning mattress to a lower floor." more ›

Yesterday, a fast-moving fire in a Brooklyn home claimed the lives of a 62-year-old man and his two daughters, 14 and 3. The blaze, which started around 5:30 p.m. on Putnam Avenue in Bushwick, is considered suspicious and WABC 7 reports, "Investigators believe it may have been started by kids playing with matches in a stairwell. Investigators are unsure if it was set intentionally or if it was just horseplay that spiraled out of control." more ›

Yesterday, a Bronx fire claimed the lives of a baby, a man and a woman, and now it turns out the man, Vincent Cordero, had stabbed his wife before setting fire to the Morris Heights apartment. The fire then killed their one-year-old daughter Keity and Cordero later died of smoke inhalation. A neighbor, Erick Carpio, told the Post, "There were flames everywhere. I tried to grab the child out of the crib, but I couldn't." more ›

An apartment building fire in the Tremont section of the Bronx has left three people dead, including an infant. According to WABC 7, "The victims were pulled from the apartment building on Morris Avenue just after 8 a.m. The fire burned through several floors of the apartment building." more ›

What do the five-alarm fire that claimed the life of a 64-year-old woman and displaced dozens of residents of a Flatbush apartment building and a police officer's accidentally shooting himself at a station house have to do with each other? Well, it turns out that dispatchers sent one FDNY engine company to the fire on East 29th Street, "not realizing the unit was already helping a cop who had accidentally shot himself at the 67th Precinct station house, right next door to its firehouse," the Post reports. more ›

At 6 a.m. today, a fire broke out in a Flatlands apartment building, killing an 8-year-old boy and injuring four other people. According to WABC 7, "Fire trucks navigated their way on a plowed street, around at least one abandoned vehicle, to get to the building... An off-duty Department of Sanitation worker driving to work was alerted to the blaze by a screaming woman who ran out of the house." The FDNY admitted that response time to a Monday night five-alarm Queens blaze was hampered partly by abandoned vehicles. more ›

Yesterday, a 4-month-old child died from burns caused by a fire in her Bedford-Stuyvesant home. The tragedy occurred after a firefighter entered the burning building to retrieve her from a room where she was sleeping, but the baby had burns over 90% of her body. Her mother, aunt, siblings, and cousins managed to get out of the home at 521 Greene Ave. in time as dozens of firefighters battled the blaze. It's believed the fire started in a vacant apartment on the first floor when a child was playing with matches or a lighter. more ›

The Fire Department is continuing to investigate the fire that left a 46-year-old man dead and others injured—not to mention over 130 people displaced—in an apartment building in the Mount Eden section of the Bronx. The Saturday night fire started in the building's lobby, where there was a pile of rubbish. According to the Daily News, witnesses say that teens were seen in the lobby "just screwing around." Some also say the teens were setting pieces of paper on fire. more ›

On Wednesday night, a three-alarm fire tore through a two-family home in the Midwood section of Brooklyn, killing an 8-year-old boy and leaving his five siblings injured. While it was initially suspected the fire may have been started by holiday candles, now the focus is on a hot plate. The Daily News reports, "Fire marshals were exploring whether a hot plate - left plugged in to warm food during the holiday - sparked the three-alarm blaze, sources said." more ›

As the investigation continues into the deaths of a Staten mother and her four children (their bodies were discovered after a three-alarm fire), sources say that the handwriting found on a note left in the ashes which said "am sorry" may match the mother's handwriting. The NY Post reports, "Investigators compared the badly burned note to writings in Leisa Jones' journal, which was found at the scene, and believed they found a match, according to two sources." more ›

The heartbreaking news that mother and her four children died after a fatal fire in their Staten Island home early Thursday morning turned haunting when authorities suggested the 14-year-old son slashed the throats of two siblings and then set fire to their apartment. Now, the tragic story seems to grow, as law enforcement says a charred note saying "am sorry" was found stuck to a butane lighter. more ›

The house fire that claimed the lives of a mother and her four children in Staten Island's Port Richmond section yesterday morning may have been arson—and police suspect it was a murder-suicide committed by the eldest child. The Staten Island Advance reports, "Police believe 14-year-old C.J. Jones slit the throats of his sisters, 7-year-old Melonie and 10-year-old Brittney, torched his family’s apartment on the second floor of 302 Nicholas Ave., then ran a razor across his own throat." more ›

Early this morning, around 4 a.m., a three-alarm fire broke out in a home in the Port Richmond section of Staten Island. Firefighters were on the scene at 4:13 a.m. and got it under control by 5:48 a.m., but the fire moved too fast and killed a mother and her four children, ages 2, 7, 10 and 14. According to 1010WINS, "Fire officials say it originated on the second floor and quickly spread to the attic and through the roof." more ›

The Queens District Attorney's office announced that Jimmy Humphrey, 23, was charged with arson and assault for the Springfield Gardens apartment fire that left a pregnant 25-year-old woman and her 2-year-old son dead. Humphrey apparently was the father of the Linda Anderson's unborn child. Queens DA Richard Brown said, "The senseless death of this young woman and her infant child cries out for justice.” more ›

Neighbors say that a pregnant woman and her 2-year-old son were killed in a fire in Springfield Gardens, Queens. According to WABC 7, the victims were "apparently trapped in their home on Anderson Road when fire broke out just before 5 a.m... Officials say the fire started on the couch, and firefighters were able to quickly put out the flames.. Police say the smoke detector in the building was working, but it was placed too low, and never went off." The mother and child were pronounced dead at Queens Hospital. Neighbors, who didn't even realize there was a fire in the building, say the victims were Lisa Anderson and her son Aidan. more ›

Two children died of smoke inhalation in a house fire in Springfield Gardens, Queens yesterday morning. Tyanthony Duckette, 8, was safely outside the burning home when he ran back in an attempt to save his l17-month-old brother, Daniel Wilson. The children's mother, Sonia Wilson, told WCBS 2, "I just remember yesterday, we were in the park, and we were just playing tag and all having fun, and as I was walking in the street, I was cradling Daniel, and I never thought that would be the last time we would go to the park together." more ›

A fast-moving, three-alarm fire broke out in the third floor of a house on 56th Street in Brooklyn. A man was found dead behind the house and neighbors tell WPIX that they have complained about the abandoned house, which apparently had been occupied by squatters, "This building has been abandoned for a very long time and they have come in, making it their home." The fire also spreading to other houses, forcing other families to evacuate. Eight firefighters suffered minor injuries. more ›

Daniel Ignacio, the man who reportedly confessed that demonic voices told him to set a Bensonhurst fire that killed five people on Saturday, pleaded not guilty to charges yesterday. But residents say he was actually trying to settle a score with neighbors over a stroller left in the apartment building's hallway. more ›

Fire officials believe that a two-alarm fire that left a teenager dead and many others injured was caused by arson. The Post reports, "Investigators found a large red gasoline canister at 55 Harrison Place," which is on the Williamsburg-Bushwick border, and the NY Times says, "A surveillance video showed a man entering the three-story building shortly before the fire began, and the man was shown leaving as the flames began to erupt." more ›