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

The American flag is flying at half-staff outside the Wethersfield Fire Department after one of their own was killed while battling a large brush fire in Berlin.Crews continued to battle a brush fire deep in the woods of Berlin on Wednesday morning.

A Wethersfield firefighter died after a UTV rollover crash near the Meriden town line Tuesday, according to Berlin Fire Chief John Massirio. The crash was reported at 5:35 p.m. at the south end of the Lamentation Mountain brush fire in Berlin,