Hochul: Concerned about overnight, but ‘better place’

Gov. Kathy Hochul said Saturday night that no structures were in harm’s way of the fire stretching across the East End, and while “we’re in a better place right now,” she remained “very concerned” about windy conditions overnight.

“This could be a multi-day event,” she said in a CNN interview.

In a CNN interview, she noted the Southern pine beetles had ravaged the pine barrens, killing trees that were “sitting there like tinder.”

She also said that there were concerns about air quality and cuts to federal firefighting programs.