Story highlights Matthew Badger's girls died as did their maternal grandparents

Badger, who was not at the house, started a foundation after their deaths

(CNN) Matthew Badger, the father of three Connecticut girls who perished in a Christmas morning fire in 2011, has died, according to the foundation he started.

The cause of death was not released.

The fire killed Lily, 10, and 7-year-old twins Grace and Sarah Badger, along with their grandparents, Lomer and Pauline Johnson.

The girls' mother, Madonna Badger, and a friend, Michael Borcina, were able to escape. Matthew Badger was not at the home at the time.

The fire, which broke out around 5 a.m. on Christmas Day, was probably caused by embers removed from a fireplace, the Stamford Fire Marshal said.

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