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Fire crews in Miami raced to extinguish a fire that broke out inside an apartment early Tuesday morning, according to fire officials.Miami Fire Rescue told CBS News Miami that crews were called to an apartment building located on Northwest 53rd Avenue and Northwest 7th Street around 2:30 a.m. to investigate reports of heavy smoke coming from an apartment on the fourth floor.When firefighters arrived, they were told to head to the fourth floor. When they got there, they said heavy smoke was filling the hallway and there was low visibility."We were scared," Raiza Gonzalez said. "There was an alarm throughout the building. We saw people in the apartment being taken to the hospital."Two people were hospitalized when a fire tore through a Miami apartment early Tuesday morning.The fire was quickly upgraded due to the amount of residents inside the building, which also had bed-bound and elderly residents with wheelchairs inside. Miami Fire Rescue said that Unit 410 had heavy smoke and flames