Texas is struggling to contain the largest wildfire in its history, which has claimed at least one life and burned more than 4,300,000 acres.

The fire is spreading in the northern part of the state with an area larger than that of the whole of France, now it is devouring lands in neighboring Oklahoma, without for the moment the firefighters have been able to control the destruction.

According to the Texas Forest Service, at least six major active fronts are ragingthe largest of which, the fire christened “Smokehouse Creek”, claimed the life of an 83-year-old woman, whose house burned down.

THE Joe Bidenwho is visiting Texas to discuss the immigration crisis, told reporters that some 500 federal government officials, in addition to state firefighters, are involved in efforts to control the fires.

“I have asked my team to do everything possible to help protect the residents of communities threatened by these fires,” he said, pledging federal aid to the states of Texas and Oklahoma while praising climate change deniers.

“I love that some of my Neanderthal friends still believe there is no climate change,” the Democratic president quipped.

His opponent Donald Trumpa front-runner in the Republican caucus for the November presidential nomination, also in Texas to address the immigration crisis, is challenging the scientific consensus on climate change.

Firefighters were hopeful that a drop in temperatures yesterday would allow them to regain the initiative in fighting the blaze, but expressed concern that the situation could worsen over the weekend as strong winds are expected.

“Conditions” favoring wildfires will worsen “Saturday and even more Sunday” as there is a “potential for strong winds across West Texas,” the state Forest Service warned on its website.

According to CNN meteorologist Chad Myers, the Smokehouse Creek fire is burning “two football fields per second.”

Texas state authorities have declared a state of natural disaster in 60 counties.

Several cities in the US and Canada recorded record temperatures in February, even summer heat. According to experts, this is due, in addition to climate change, to the El Niño phenomenon.