50 firefighters called in to combat massive Hialeah blaze Tags: HIALEAH, Fla. – City of Hialeah firefighters raced to a massive fire just after 4 p.m. Sunday. Raging flames could be seen for blocks away near 22nd Street and East 6th Avenue. “It was a big, big, fire out of control when we got here,” said David Rodriguez, District Chief of the City of Hialeah fire department. Aerial pictures provided by Hialeah Fire Rescue showed flames engulfing several homes as well as smoke billowing into the air. “It ended up being a second alarm fire that basically ties up our entire city, so that’s why we called help from the county,” Rodriguez said.