Hialeah families displaced after fire rips through apartment unit

Two Hialeah families are displaced after a fire broke out inside an apartment building on Saturday.

It quickly spread throughout a third-story unit and it also affected the unit directly underneath.

Red signs could be seen on those doors Sunday -- signifying that the units are now unsafe.

Heavy smoke and flames were caught on camera shooting up into the sky on Saturday afternoon -- from the apartment building on West 42nd Street.

"It kept getting worse. We had to move back because the smoke there was too much smoke," said neighbor Alejandro Batista. "I was not scared, but in shock because it’s the first time I see it. Thank God nobody was hurt."

On Sunday, the door was seen off its hinges as yellow caution tape covered the entrance.

The unit directly underneath also suffered damage. NBC6 spotted people cleaning out that unit -- loading up black garbage bags.

"I was arriving in my car when I saw two people who were in the house screaming and the fire had already started," neighbor Argelio Diaz explained.

According to the building's owners, a couple and two kids lived in each affected unit.

The Red Cross was also reportedly present on Sunday -- as it is helping the family of the third-floor unit.

The owners of the building say they are covering the cost of the hotel for the family who reside in the second-story unit.

Neighbors tell us the fire department arrived quickly Saturday and was able to put out the flames with no incidents.

No one was reportedly hurt.

The Hialeah Fire Department says the fire began in the kitchen, but what exactly sparked that fire -- remains under investigation.