FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The Palisades Fire has grown to almost 3,000 acres in less than 12 hours prompting the LAFD to call on off-duty members for help - the Fresno Fire Department has responded and will be sending a unit out before the end of the night. Fresno Fire says they will be sending a unit of four firefighters and one battalion chief to Los Angeles to assist with suppression efforts. They leave at midnight. All firefighters heading out from Fresno are off-duty members; officials say they volunteered so the City of Fresno could stay fully staffed. WATCH: Bulldozer shoves vehicles blocking access to Palisades wildfire The Palisades Fire was 0% contained and 2,921 acres large as of 9 p.m. Tuesday. Officials say 30,000 residents are under evacuation orders and more than 13,000 structures are threatened - Gov. Newsom, who made a detour to be on the scene, says many have already been destroyed. The destructive blaze ignited shortly after the start of the strongest Santa Ana windstorm to hit Southern California in over a decade. The National Weather Service warned that gusts in the area could exasperate fire behavior by reaching speeds between 50 and 80 mph.