The grieving uncle mourns the loss of four lives in a devastating house fire

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — There was great sadness following the tragic house fire in which four family members died on Thursday.

A father, his two daughters and the man's adult brother were all killed.

The children's mother and siblings were injured when they escaped and jumped out of a third-story window.

The cause of the fire is still unknown.

“We got it bad, bad, bad,” says the family’s uncle, Toquabo Woldegebriel.

Woldegebriel knows that this question may never be answered.

“We lost two children, four lives at once,” says Woldegebriel.

An early morning house fire resulted in such misery.

Woldegebriel: says: “We have never seen anything like this. What can you do? I’m sorry this happened to us.”

Now it's up to fire investigators and Clark County Fire agents to piece together what happened.

A wooden frame in the garage supported the entire structure after the top two floors collapsed, leaving a pile of rubble to be inspected.

Himanshu Radnani, a neighbor of the family, says, “When we went for a walk with my toddler, we would see them playing basketball on the street. We said hello and watched them come and go.”

There is shock throughout the district.

Sandra Palomo left a candle and a bouquet of flowers for the victims and said: “People care, people care.”

She says: “I lost my parents in a house fire, the best parents in the world, so I feel for the world, so I feel for this family and had to come to say my prayers for them.”

Jennifer Landrum lives in the neighborhood and took video of the back of the house.

She says: “I heard a deadly loud noise, like screeching noises, then I heard help. As soon as I heard help, I heard an explosion and then I could hear the glass breaking.”

When Landrum heard screaming, she drove around the block, knocking on doors and alerting neighbors.

The Firefighters of Southern Nevada Burn Foundation is collecting donations for the family through November 24th.

If anyone would like to donate, click here. All money collected goes to the family.