LOUISVILLE, Jan 8 — US President Joe Biden, visiting the scene of Colorado’s most destructive wildfire on record, said yesterday the rare winter blaze marked the latest “code red” reminder of an ominously changing climate he hopes to confront with his renewable energy agenda.
The fire in Boulder County, on the northern outskirts of the Denver metropolitan area, charred 6,000 acres and laid waste to parts of Louisville and the adjacent town of Superior. Fanned by gale-force winds, the flames at times devoured football field-size stretches of drought-parched landscape in seconds.
The president, pausing to embrace some residents and place a hand on the shoulders of others, was joined on the tour by Colorado Governor Jared Polis and three members of the state’s congressional delegation.Addressing first-responders and members of the community at a nearby recreation centre later, Biden said he was as moved by the scope of devastation he saw as he was by “the incredible courage and resolve that you all show.
Biden has declared the latest fire zone on the eastern fringe of the Rocky Mountains a national disaster, freeing up federal funds to assist residents and businesses in recovery efforts.
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