Wethersfield firefighter Robert E. Sharkevich Sr. is being remembered as heroic and a "great mentor" after he was killed battling massive Berlin brush fire.

Authorities have released the name of a firefighter who died after a utility task vehicle rolled over at the scene of a massive brush fire on Lamentation Mountain Tuesday evening. Officials said a Wethersfield firefighter died and three others were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries.

A close friend of the firefighter who died in a UTV crash while battling a brush fire on Tuesday in Berlin is honoring his memory. Retired Hartford Fire Captain John Nolan heard the news from Robert “Sharkey” Sharkevich’s brother.

Robert Sharkevich Sr. died in an UTV crash while responded to a brush fire on Lamentation Mountain in Connecticut on Tuesday evening, officials say.

Robert Sharkevich Sr. and three other firefighters were battling a growing brush fire in Connecticut on Oct. 22 when the UTV they were on flipped

Wethersfield firefighter Robert Sharkevich Sr. was killed Tuesday after a utility vehicle rolled over on him while battling a brush fire in Berlin and Meriden.

A red flag warning is in effect for all of Connecticut Wednesday as a massive blaze continues at Lamentation Mountain in Berlin and Meriden.

Gov. Ned Lamont directed U.S. and state flags in Connecticut lowered to half-staff in honor of a member of the Wethersfield Volunteer Fire Department and former member of the Fire Department who died in the line of duty while responding to a brush fire at Lamentation Mountain in Berlin on Tuesday.

The firefighter died while battling a brush fire in Berlin on Tuesday.