Hundreds of wildfires are burning in California, 100,000 people are under evacuation orders, and the governor is calling in help from 10 U.S. states, Canada and Australia to tame the blazes that have scorched an area the size of Rhode Island.
Some 560 wildfires were burning as of Saturday, state fire officials said, including two fire complexes that grew to be the second and third largest wildfires in California history. The fires have killed at least six people, injured 33 people and firefighters, and destroyed more than 500 homes and other buildings.
More than 13,700 firefighters were on the scene, and many of the fires were continuing to grow Saturday, said Daniel Berlant, assistant deputy director for the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, known as Cal Fire.
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