Firefighters: 4-Alarm Blaze At Tyler Perry Studios

First Published: May 1, 2012 10:21 PM EDT Credit: Getty Images

ATLANTA, Ga. -- Tyler Perry arrives at a screening of “Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family” at the Cinerama Dome Theater in Los Angeles, Calif., on April 19, 2011Caption Tyler Perry arrives at a screening of “Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family” at the Cinerama Dome Theater in Los Angeles, Calif., on April 19, 2011Atlanta fire officials say they are fighting a 4-alarm blaze at Tyler Perry Studios that has damaged a building on the complex.

Atlanta Fire Department spokesman Capt. Jolyon Bundrige says the fire happened before 9 p.m. Tuesday and there have been no immediate reports of injuries.

He says the cause of the fire was not immediately known.

The studio’s website says it 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.

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