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More Video at http://www.NewsTvNow.com Arnold Schwarzenegger sought help from other states as wind-fueled fires burned 356,000 acres (142,400 hectares) across Southern California, consuming hundreds of homes and uprooting more than a quarter-million people. More than 5,700 firefighters backed by helicopters, bulldozers and water-laden aircraft are battling 13 wildfires in seven counties, from San Diego north to Malibu, outside Los Angeles, according to the Web site of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. President George W. Bush declared a state of emergency in California and dispatched Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator David Paulison to San Diego today. ``Our hearts and prayers go out to those people who have lost homes or are being forced to evacuate for their own safety,'' Chertoff said in a televised briefing with reporters from Washington this morning. ``Unfortunately the weather forecast for today looks like it's not going be much different than yesterday.'' As of 8:25 a.m. local time, flames had consumed more than 1,300 homes, 100 businesses and 80 other buildings, damaged another 400 structures and threatened 7,200 residences, 2,400 businesses and 450 other properties, according to the state fire protection agency. The wildfires killed one person and injured 38, including 12 firefighters. Mass Evacuations About 350,000 residents have left their homes, Schwarzenegger said in a CNBC interview. In San Diego, an estimated 250,000 people were evacuated, jamming roads and highways. Parts of two major freeways from the city, Interstates 15 and 5, were closed yesterday. Twelve evacuation centers in San Diego house more than 12,000 people, said Tonya Hoover, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Forestry, including Qualcomm Stadium, home of the National Football League's San Diego Chargers franchise. The Chargers moved practices to Arizona for the next three days.