Brian Hubert is reporting for the Daily Freeman as of Sept. 3, the Napanoch Point wildfire was 75 percent contained and firefighters expect to have it fully contained by the end of the Labor Day weekend, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation said. DEC spokesperson Lori Severino said the fire remained active as of Sept. 3, but officials lowered the estimate of acreage burned from 163 acres to 142 acres. Ulster County officials said the estimate of the area burned decreased after they received more accurate data. The latest reports had 75 percent of the fire under a manageable condition where it can not spread further, Severino said. The department said no homes or businesses have been affected by the fire. Severino said 129 people were working on the fire Saturday, down from nearly 200 the previous day. She said mutual aid continues from firefighters in departments in Dutchess County and as far away as Quebec in Canada. “Bulldozers and hand crews from multiple agencies will continue to build indirect and direct control lines,” a post on Ulster County’s Instagram page said Saturday afternoon. The post also said that state police helicopters will continue bucket drops to cool hot spots. The Napanoch Point fire is believed to have started on August 27 because of a lightning strike. The rain overnight on August 30, helped to slow the fire’s spread and allowed firefighters to construct control lines. Another wildfire at Minnewaska, the Stony Kill Fire, was contained as of Sept. 2, Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan said in a Facebook post. The Wurtsboro Fire in Sullivan County is now 100 percent contained with 75 acres burned, Severino said. The Minnewaska preserve remains closed at least through the Labor Day weekend. Read the full story in the Daily Freeman.