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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The Palisades Fire has grown to astir 3,000 acres successful little than 12 hours prompting the LAFD to telephone connected off-duty members for assistance - the Fresno Fire Department has responded and volition beryllium sending a portion retired earlier the extremity of the night.
Fresno Fire says they volition beryllium sending a portion of 4 firefighters and 1 battalion main to Los Angeles to assistance with suppression efforts. They permission astatine midnight.
All firefighters heading retired from Fresno are off-duty members; officials accidental they volunteered truthful the City of Fresno could enactment afloat staffed.
The Palisades Fire was 0% contained and 2,921 acres ample arsenic of 9 p.m. Tuesday. Officials accidental 30,000 residents are nether evacuation orders and much than 13,000 structures are threatened - Gov. Newsom, who made a detour to beryllium connected the scene, says galore person already been destroyed.
The destructive blaze ignited soon aft the commencement of the strongest Santa Ana windstorm to deed Southern California successful implicit a decade. The National Weather Service warned that gusts successful the country could exasperate occurrence behaviour by reaching speeds betwixt 50 and 80 mph.
