A worker was killed by an exploding tire at John Wayne Airport in Southern California

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• A worker at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California, was killed on Tuesday when a tire on which he was doing maintenance work exploded, the Associated Press reported.
• The explosion occurred while two workers were performing maintenance on a tire used for a jet bridge, a structure that connects the terminal building with an aircraft.
• The unidentified workers were not employees of John Wayne Airport. Instead, they worked for a contractor called JBT.
• Neither the airport nor JBT was immediately available for comment on the matter.

A worker at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California, was killed on Tuesday when a tire on which he was doing maintenance work exploded, the Associated Press reported.

The incident took place Tuesday evening around 11:30 p.m. local time inside a workshop in the airport's terminal building, the local CBS News affiliate, KCBS reported.

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