Residents were able to escape safely early Friday after a vacant apartment building and two houses caught fire in Belmont Cragin on the Northwest Side.
Around 2:40 a.m., firefighters responded to the 4900 block of West Medill Avenue for the fire, according to Chicago Fire Department spokesperson Larry Langford.
Residents at the two homes, which sustained “significant damage,” were able to safely escape, Chicago police and fire officials said. The apartment was also damaged but not as badly.
Langford confirmed there were no injuries or displacements were reported.
No smoke detectors were found inside the apartment and the cause of the fire was being investigated.