They stand 17 stories high, are over 1,000 feet long and 300 feet wide.

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The fire authority called in a helicopter overnight to help put out the blaze.

Motorists were asked to avoid the area.

Hangar fire in Tustin

Firefighters work to control a blaze at the north blimp hangar at the former Marine Corps Air Station in Tustin, CAJeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images

Arson investigators were sent to the scene to determine the cause of the fire.

City News Service contributed to this report.

Mike Myers wears a grey suit and strokes a Sphynx cat in a black chair in a still from ‘Austin Powers’; Lorne Michaels poses on a red carpet in a grey suit