Robert Sharkevich Sr., a Connecticut firefighter, has died after he was involved in a fatal crash while battling a growing brush fire.

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

A firefighter died in a utility task vehicle crash while responding to a brush fire in Berlin, Connecticut on Tuesday.

The state is mourning a Wethersfield firefighter who died on Tuesday while responding to a massive brush fire that has burned about 90 acres in Berlin and Meriden. Officials said on Wednesday morning that it could take a month to extinguish the fire.

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.

Berlin fire officials say a Wethersfield firefighter is dead after getting into an UTV crash while battling the brush fire at Lamentation Mountain State Park.

A Connecticut firefighter died and two others were injured Tuesday when a vehicle rolled over as they were battling a 90-acre brush fire, authorities said.