Officials estimate the Berlin brush fire is between 80 and 100 acres in size Thursday as efforts are actively underway to tackle hot spots. There are three helicopters in the air Thursday, actively circling the area to pick up water from Silver Lake and drop it on the “Hawthorne Fire.

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.

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.

The funeral arrangements for the fallen Wethersfield firefighter, Robert “Sharky” Sharkevich Sr., have been announced. Sharkevich, 66, was killed on Tuesday while helping battle the Berlin brush fire when a utility vehicle operating on a steep,