Smoke closes JWA terminal briefly Terminal B...

Smoke closes JWA terminal briefly

Terminal B at John Wayne Airport was closed briefly Sunday after

smoke was reported in United Airlines’ section.

The smoke began at 12:05 p.m. in the computer room area, said

Justin McCusker, public information officer at the airport. McCusker

said that it was a piece of machinery that had gotten hot and had

begun to smoke. The terminal was reopened at 12:45 p.m., McCusker

said.

The fire was electrical, said Captain Stephen Miller, public

inquiry officer for the Orange County Fire Authority.

An extinguishing agent from an automatic system eliminated the

smoke quickly, Miller said.

The exact amount of damage caused by the machinery or the smoke

was not known at the time the incident was reported.