An 81-year-old man is dead after a fire in the Lincoln Square neighborhood on Thursday night.

Around 5 p.m., the Chicago police and the Chicago Fire Department responded to a fire at a multi-family residence at 5115 N. Oakley Ave. The Fire Department called a still-and-box alarm for additional equipment and manpower.

Firefighters were seen battling the blaze from both the front and back yards.

Chicago police said seven people safely escaped the fire. The 81-year-old man was found inside the residence and taken to Swedish Hospital where he was pronounced dead. 

The victim has been identified as Jose Alcazar. 

One of the residents was injured and taken to an area hospital, CFD said. This person's condition was not immediately available.

The multi-family house is located on a block made up largely of similar old wood-frame worker's cottage-style houses, between Winona Street and Carmen Avenue and just west of Winnemac Park.

Real estate reports indicated that it was built in or around 1900.

The fire was out by just before 6 p.m. It was not clear how it started.