Fire breaks out at Tyler Perry's studios in Atlanta

Fire breaks out at Tyler Perry's studios in Atlanta

By the CNN Wire Staff

updated 9:48 PM EDT, Tue May 1, 2012

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• One building has partially collapsed, a fire official says
• There are no reports of injuries
• The fire was reported just before 9 p.m.

Atlanta (CNN) -- A three-alarm fire broke out Tuesday night in one building in the Tyler Perry Studios in southwest Atlanta, a fire official told CNN.

One building was on fire and had partially collapsed, said Captain J.L. Bundrige, a spokesman for Fire Rescue. The fire was reported at 8:54 p.m., he said.

There were no reports of injuries, he said.

The studios sit on 60 acres and include five sound stages, a 5-acre pond, a theater, a chapel, a commissary, a gymnasium, Perry's office, an art department where sets are designed, hair and makeup facilities, a wardrobe department, set decoration, post-production facility, and a backlot named 34th Street, "as in Miracle on 34th Street," according to a video posted on the studio's website.

Perry's credits include work as director, writer, producer, actor and playwright.

CNN's Justin Lear contributed to this report

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