Jury selex in tragic Xmas fire

Jury selection is set to begin in a wrongful-death lawsuit against the city of Stamford, Conn., over a house fire that killed three children and their two grandparents on Christmas morning in 2011.

Lawyers are set to pick jurors on Tuesday in Hartford Superior Court.

Stamford officials deny allegations they failed to properly inspect renovations at the home and destroyed evidence of the fire’s origin by tearing the house down the day after the fire.

The fire killed twins Grace and Sarah Badger, 7, Lily Badger, 9, and their maternal grandparents. Their mother, Madonna Badger, and her boyfriend, Michael Borcina, survived.

The girls’ father, Matthew Badger, filed the lawsuit on their behalf. He died in February.