they lived there for free clearly they had issues fighting all the time we never could sleep trisha nielson is one of 19 people displaced by the fire. she lives next door to the pregnant couple who took responsibility. neilson believesthey were negligent tn: she's a pregnant woman on something. something wasn't right. investigators say its too early to determine a cause but fox5 talked the couple who lives in the unit where it started abby: some of your neighbors think this wasn't a kitchen fire..how do you respond to that tossie bennett: first off i got raided two weeks ago and they didn't find no meth in my apartment. tb: the fire happened like 9:30. i had cooked some potatoes and went to sleep. he was just cooking potatoes for his pregnant wife and simply forgot to turn off the stove. the american red cross is helping some of the families - including samantha hahoyer. coming up at 5...hear her take on what happened fox5 reached asked the clark countyir for an update on their invesstigation or cause of fire - they were unavailable toss to weather we stay near 100 for the end of the week a

trisha nielson and her daughter are among 19 families that lost their foams after a fire riched through an apartment complex near las vegas boulevard and serene. >> we have no home. we lost everything. every thing we owned. >> reporter: she said at around 10:00 she strange coming from the apartment behind her. >> i heard rumbling. i smelled a gas leak. i kept going to the kitchen to try to find where the gas was coming from. >> reporter: minutes later, chaos. >> my front door got kicked open and i smell the smoke and i grabbed my cat and ran out. didn't have shoes on. it was in flames. it was minutes and everything was in flames. >> eight of the 16 units were damaged. deputy cannon says last night's fire may have started in a cooking-related. so if you could not leave your children unsupervised. make sure you are paying attention to kitchen fires. >> this is the second major blaze at the apartment in the last 18 months. 11 units were damaged in may of 2015. the property has 24 buildings in the some complex and some of those remain bearded up. nielson says more needs to be done by the pr

. >> reporter: trish na nielson kneel -- trisha nielson and her family are among other families who lost their >> we have no home. we have nothing. we lost every single thick we owned. >> reporter: she says around 10:00 last night, she smelled something strange coming from the apartment behind her. >> i heard rumbling. ism smelled a gas leak. i kept going to the kitchen to try to find out where the gas is coming from. >> reporter: minutes later, chaos. >> my front door got kicked open and i smelled the smoke. i grabbed my cat and we ran out. >> reporter: 8 of the 16 apartment units were damaged. deputy canon with clark county fire department says last night's fire may have started in a kitchen. >> most of our fires are cooking-related. pay attention to kitchen fires. >> reporter: this is the second major blaze at the apartment complex in the past 1 month 18 -- 18 some apartments are boarded up still after that fire. >> there's rules, there's regulations. you should follow them. look at the result. look at how many families here. this whole building was full. they don't have homes anymore

trisha nielson: they weren't paying rent, thy had been raided a few times, they lived there for free clearly they had issues fighting all the time we never could sleep butt to it's all apparent i don't care what any one says. i have no reason to lie. why would i burn up a unit where live that is crazy. " the red cross is assisting some of the families affected by the fire. construction is in full swing on the lucky droago resort just west of the strip on sahara. when completed - the property will focus on everything asian - right down ot the last detail. fox 5 is the only local station given a site tour with the progress. kevin bolinger gives us an inside look. kevin: work is on the lucky dragon as they get ready for their december opening. right now we're in the casino area. you can see the pagoda in themiddle of the room. above that will be a 1 1/4 ton glass dragon. it was made overseas and is currently on a boat being shipped over here to the states. it will hang from the ceiling to the top of the pagoda. this is asian themed all the way. nats of saw the sounds represent another r