Neighbors say the fires have been set intentionally. They tell Fox 25's Kisha Henry, they want to know why the city hasn't stepped in and torn the abandoned place down.

"We're very familiar with this address," says Deputy Chief Marc Woodard, with the Oklahoma City Fire Department. "We've had several incidents at this location. I would deem the fire suspicious, due to the fact that there's no utilities and the fact that all these apartments are boarded up," he says, as he and his crews battle the fire that consumed eight units.

But, fire officials aren't the only ones receiving calls on this complex. City code enforcement officials have had their share, as well. "Unsecure, junk and debris, high grass and weeds, delapidated," says Charles Locke, Oklahoma City's Code Enforcement Manager.

"They need to tear it down if they're not going to do anything with it," says one neighbor.

"Tear them down or fix them up," adds another.

So, why hasn't the city stepped in and torn the abandoned complex down? "The banks filed against the old owners to reclaim the property from non-payment. There's a responsible party that's handling the apartment now," says Locke. He says the previous owners did not take care of the property, but the apartments were just obtained by a company called AIG in June of this year. "They do work with the city, you know, fairly well. They've done almost everything we've asked them."

Locke says the new owners are cleaning up the property, but neighbors say it's still a public safety risk. "Somebody else's home or apartment may get burned down," says one neighbor.

"The apartments are secured. It's not a public safety risk, because the apartments are secured. They've put security out at night," counters Locke. "It's people from the surrounding neighborhoods that are getting in there and setting the fires."

Though city officials say AIG has taken appropriate measures to secure the property, when Fox 25 stopped by the complex, one gate was left unlocked.

Neighbors say they know exactly who's setting the fires; they say it's the homeless. "Someone's in there trying to stay warm, since it's empty. I think that's the thing about empty apartments," says one neighbor.

"They don't have access to electricity or heat, so they go get barrels, get wood, and light it on fire," adds another.

City officials say it would cost the tax payers money if the city stepped in. They say thousands of tax-payer's dollars have already been spent on the property when it was under the previous owner. Locke says, there's no need to step in now, since AIG is in the process of fixing the place up. "They've cleaned them up, or they're in the process of seeking bids to get them cleaned up... and then somebody else will start another fire," says Locke. He says AIG is in the process of issuing work orders for the recently burned units, but it's a lengthy process because they have to test for asbestos.

When asked if there's a time frame or an expected re-open date, Locke responded, "There's no time frame right now."

Fox 25's Kisha Henry asked him what it would take for the city to step in. "If they don't start the process or don't clean it up, at that point, the city would step in. But, we've not had to do that." He says the city would issue a contract, clean the place up, and put liens on the property. "We've done that in the past. With the old owners, we did that quite a bit," he says.

Locke says code enforcement receives around 80- to 100-thousand complaints each year, and this complex only makes up a few of those calls.