Overview

• Police and fire crews responded around 10 p.m. Monday to a residence in the 1700-block of North Artesian Avenue.
• Twelve residents evacuated safely before crews arrived, according to officials.
• Those displaced include seven adults and five children, police said.
• Chicago firefighters extinguished the blaze after finding the building heavily involved, local reports said.
• The cause of the fire remains under investigation by the Chicago Fire Department.