eyewitness news reporter cefaan kim tweeted these pictures of the scene. the fire displaced four families. he's in jersey city right now. cefaan? >> reporter: well, joe that fire took away homes from four families and left behind all of this ice that is now covering half a block here. and it's from that water that froze over from the the water to fight the blaze that extreme cold and the winds creating some serious challenges for those firefighters. >> it was just like chaos. >> reporter: a three alarm fire in jersey city even more difficult to battle because of mother nature. firefighters say the extreme cold and freezing water as it was coming out of the hoses. 70 firefighters in all responding and enough backup to overcome the frozen hoses. and happened around 9:30 this morning here on marion place spreading quickly to the building next door because of high wind gusts. >> smoke was -- it was crazy. the whole place is smoking and couldn't even get anywhere. close to it. >> reporter: no residents were injured but four families are now displaced and among t