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Connecticut firefighter dies battling brush fire
Connecticut firefighter dies battling brush fire
Emma McCorkindale and Madeline Wilson
11 hours ago
BERLIN, Conn. (WWLP) – A firefighter from nearby Wethersfield died on Tuesday while battling a brush fire in Berlin, Connecticut. … Officials say a utility vehicle rolled over on a steep part of the mountain. Robert Sharkevich, 66, died in the crash. He was a retired Hartford Firefighter.
First responders escorted his body in a procession to the medical examiner’s office in Farmington, where he was met by Wethersfield firefighters, saluting him on his end of watch. … Three other firefighters were injured, but they are all expected to be okay.
The brush fire has burned more than 100 acres in the last three days in Berlin. Crews from Maine are headed in Wednesday morning to help after dozens of local departments joined the effort Tuesday.
WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on WWLP.com.
Emma McCorkindale and Madeline Wilson
11 hours ago
BERLIN, Conn. (WWLP) – A firefighter from nearby Wethersfield died on Tuesday while battling a brush fire in Berlin, Connecticut. … Officials say a utility vehicle rolled over on a steep part of the mountain. Robert Sharkevich, 66, died in the crash. He was a retired Hartford Firefighter.
First responders escorted his body in a procession to the medical examiner’s office in Farmington, where he was met by Wethersfield firefighters, saluting him on his end of watch. … Three other firefighters were injured, but they are all expected to be okay.
The brush fire has burned more than 100 acres in the last three days in Berlin. Crews from Maine are headed in Wednesday morning to help after dozens of local departments joined the effort Tuesday.
WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on WWLP.com.
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