Tyler Perry Studios, after the massive fire.

It was like a scene out of a Madea movie, but without the cross-dressing and crazy violence inside a church.  The sprawling 200,000-square-feet complex known as Tyler Perry Studios in southwestern Atlanta was the scene of a massive fire.  The fire was so large and difficult to fight that it was a full-fledged four alarm fire, involving a hundred firemen and twenty fire trucks, according to Atlanta Fire Department Capt. J. L. Bundrige.  Fortunately, officials were able to get the fire under control and apparently no one was hurt.

The Tyler Perry Studios facility is massive, home to multiple studios.  Fire trucks were seen surrounding the Ruby Dee-Ossie Davis studio, the Cicely Tyson studio, the Sydney Poitier studio, among others.  The blaze was located in the central area of the facility.  The Tyler Perry Studios complex contains five sound stages, a 400-seat theater, a private screening room, studio back lots, post-production facility, and areas for entertainment and special events.

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