tim szymanski / las vegas fire & rescue "this is a very safe mechanism that they have here they have a lot of safety systems built into it that would bring people down, they go redundant systems. this would be the absolute very last thing you would want to do." eric eberhart / gm, high roller "they have been wonderful partners, we started working with them about 4 1/2 years ago in the design of the wheel and the cabins themselves and worked very closely developing the rescue methods." roughly 30 thousand dollars was spent on safety gear at the high roller.. this includes ropes, harnesses and trolleys to ensure a safe rescue. ahead ... why someone just bought a live pig ... dollars!! and.. his pants are on fire.. but he's not lying about why. we'll tell you what caused this hot mess. while it's 2- hundred miles per hour on the track.. it can be zero miles per hour on teh roads around the speedway. what's available this year that could relieve the traffic backups. your fox5 weather 24/7 forecast is live from las vegas. you're watching fox5 news at six. with emmy award winner john huck.

empty tim szymanski, lvfr pio: neighbors say that there were people going in and investigation. las vegas fire and rescue is also investigating both fires. reporting live in the studio abby theodros fox5 news local las vegas. no one was hurt in last night's fire according to investigators. the man accused of attacking a metro police k-9 with a machete... faced a judge for the first time since the incident. his bail. "he was barricaded overnight, the amount of resources that were spent trying to get somebody out of this apartment, if there were in there with the defendent were astronomical, he went so far as to kick over the very expensive robot metro uses, and low and behold he then ends up stabbing a k-9 officer" the suspect is tolavius timmons.. the judge ended up increasing his bail from 50 to 75- thousand dollars. police arrested him one week ago - after police say he barricading himself from officers during a nine hour standoff.. only to then attack k-9 officer nicky with a machete. nicky is now recovering and his handler hopes to have him return to work soon. auto theft is on the rise in

tim szymanski, lvfr pio: we went to the same house again last night just a little after 11. heavy flames and smoke showing on arrival. multiple 911 calls. last night the same house caught fire again. las vegas fire and rescue is investigating and they say its too early to determine a cause or link to door knock telling a different story. people in the area said they've seen lots of cars near that home. multiple neighbors under the impression that the family was linked to the mexican drug cartel. while metro police would not confirm that information - word from neighbors was consistent: this home was a target. there are still lots of questions. metro police tell us they continue to investigate vegas fire and rescue is also investigating both fires. and coming up at 5:30 i'll tell you how neighbors describe the family that formerly lived in the home. investigators say no one was hurt in wednesday night's fire. a fire also tore through a vacant gas station overnight. it happened in henderson near lake mead parkway and warm springs. firefighters arrived - just before midnight and quickly extinguished the flames. the business has been vacant for quite a while. there were no injuries... and the c