5 ALARM BLAZE...TYLER PERRY STUDIO CAUGHT ON FIRE

Atlanta fire officials say they have put out a 5-alarm blaze at Tyler Perry Studios that damaged a building at the complex. Atlanta Fire Department spokesman Capt. Jolyon Bundrige says there were no reports of injuries from the fire that started before 9 p.m. Tuesday. 

Officials said in a news release it was extinguished about an hour later.  He says the cause of the fire and the amount of damage to the complex was not immediately known.


A spokesman for Tyler Perry did not immediately comment Tuesday evening. The studio's website says the complex includes a 200,000-square-foot studio, five sound stages and a 400-seat theater in southwest Atlanta.

In March, pop star Cee Lo performed for donors at a fundraiser for President Barack Obama at the studios. nO