The wildland fire at Minnewaska State Park has been contained, Gov. Kathy Hochul's office announced Sunday evening.

Response actions in the area will continue in the coming days with a smaller force of state and local experts as fire control efforts advance. Crews have been working to contain the fire all week.

"Over the past week, firefighting crews and staff from state, local agencies and the Province of Quebec were deployed to battle the Minnewaska State Park Preserve wildfire and today they were successful in fully containing the fire," Hochul said in a statement. "We took swift action, launched a coordinated response and devoted every resource possible to help the first responders complete their mission. I thank all of them for their hard work, spending time away from their families and working tirelessly everyday to keep New Yorkers safe."

The blaze started on Aug. 27 as a result of a suspected lightning strike and spread to approximately 142 acres within the park. 

Minnewaska State Park Preserve will reopen on Wednesday. Some areas of the preserve will remain closed indefinitely while work takes place to remediate impacts to parkland from the firebreaks.

"This containment is great news for Minnewaska and surrounding communities and I thank DEC's Forest Rangers and the hundreds of other emergency responders who worked day and night to successfully combat this fire," state Department of Environmnetal Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos. "Their work will continue until the fire is fully out, and we will continue our vigilance in the Hudson Valley and statewide to prevent wildfires. We ask the public to do their part and follow the precautions for safe fire use this season."