California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday said that the state was now battling 560 fires, depleting firefighting forces and prompting calls for aid from not only 10 other states, but Canada and Australia as well.

The lightning-sparked wildfires more than doubled in size on Friday into some of the largest in the state's history, with one advancing to within a mile of the University of California Santa Cruz.

The state has been hit by its worst dry-lightning storms in nearly two decades, resulting in close to 12,000 strikes which sent fire racing through lands left parched due to record-breaking heat. About 175,000 people have had to evacuate their homes, largely in northern California.

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