A 17-floor residence building has caught fire in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. The number of casualties is not yet known.

The building is located in the campus of Southwest University. Witnesses say the eighth floor was the first to ignite. Local authorities deployed 19 fire vehicles to the site. Firemen say the blaze is not too big to handle, and no one was found inside the room where the inferno started. So far, the fire is under control.