According to AtlantaFox news: “It took several hours and more than 100 firefighters to bring a massive fire at Tyler Perry’s studios in southwest Atlanta under control on Tuesday night. The fire at the 3100 block of Continental Colony Parkway in southwest Atlanta reached four alarms.
There are no reports of injuries, according to Atlanta Fire Department Capt. J. L. Bundrige
“According to the studio website, the sprawling 200,000 square feet facility features five sound stages, a post-production facility, a back lot, a 400-seat theater, a private screening room and designated areas for entertaining and hosting events. It was moved to its current location in 2008.”
Fire officials said over 100 firefighters and at least 20 trucks were used to combat the fire. They say the fire started around 8:40 p.m. and took crews a few hours to bring the fire under control. Several eyewitnesses said they heard explosions and could see the fire from afar. Some said that they thought it was a part of a film production until they saw the fire trucks move in.
When SKYFOX 5 flew over the studios on Wednesday, two buildings in a back lot appeared to be damaged by the fire. Fire officials said there was partial collapse to the front area of one building. It was unknown if the fire would affect any productions.
Here’s a video of the aftermath below:
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Well, it’s great to hear that no one was hurt and I’m sure there’s insurance on the property but this is still a loss either way. Most of Perry shows/ movies are filmed out of Perry studio’s so it has not been said whether production will resume but given the extent of the damage I’m sure there will be delays in production/ projects until then.
My heartfelt prayers go out to Tyler Perry, the staff, crew and employees who’s employment may be impacted by the fire for the time being.