Orange County, Calif., firefighters battle a fire at the historic north hangar at the former Marine Corps Air Station Tustin on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. (Irfan Khan, Los Angeles Times/TNS)(Tribune News Service) — A massive former military hangar that burned in Tustin, Calif., earlier in the week, closing schools over asbestos worries, reignited Saturday night. The city of Tustin tweeted that there was “an active flare-up above the north doors of the north hangar” around 5 p.m. Saturday, adding that the Orange County Fire Authority and the Tustin Fire Department were on scene. After air quality experts discovered asbestos at the site, the Tustin Unified School District closed all campuses on Thursday and Friday. The city also closed several public parks and canceled a planned Veterans Day celebration over health concerns stemming from possible contamination.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 12, 2023 15:35 UTC