Excerpts from patch.com:

A fire displaced residents of an apartment building Thursday afternoon in Alsip around 4:05 p.m. at the Crestline Villa Apartments, 4225 W. 115th St. When Alsip firefighters arrived, flames were shooting out of the roof plus second and third floor windows of a six-unit building on Villa Court.

Chief Tom Styczynski, of the Alsip Fire Department, said the second and third floor units on one side of the 6-unit building sustained extensive damage.

The cause of the fire is under investigation. No injuries were reported.

Crestwood, Palos Heights Oak Lawn fire departments provided assistance in striking the fire, with Merrionette Park providing ambulance service.

thanks Dennis