Berlin

Two firefighters were injured while they were helping battle the Hawthorne Fire over the weekend and the fire is continuing to burn for an eighth day. Loved ones and first responders came together on Monday to lay a fallen Wethersfield firefighter to rest. Berlin’s fire chief said the weather conditions on Sunday improved with the winds dying down. It kept...

Fire officials said hot ash from an abandoned campfire is likely what sparked a massive brush fire that started in Berlin on Monday night. Firefighters continue to work around the clock to battle the Hawthorne Fire for a fifth day. A state of emergency has been declared due to critical fire weather conditions. A red flag warning has been issued...

The family of Robert “Sharky” Sharkevich Sr. said they’ll remember the 66-year-old as a hero who touched countless lives and was meant to be a firefighter. “He truly was a hero,” Karen Letizio, Sharkevich’s sister, said. “I hear from so many of the firefighters about what a mentor he was to them. Just a true hero. Someone that the guys...

Wind gusts and dropping temperatures caused some flare-ups Thursday evening as crews work around the clock to contain the massive Hawthorne Fire. Thursday marked the fourth day of efforts. Officials are urging hikers to stay away and not put drones in the air at Lamentation Mountain in Berlin. Officials said they got a report that hikers went up on the...

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 that it could take a month to fully extinguish the fire. Wethersfield Volunteer Firefighter Robert Sharkevich Sr., 66, died on Tuesday after a utility task vehicle carrying four firefighters rolled...

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. They have since been released. A fire UTV rolled over on a trail while working...

Firefighters returned Monday morning to fight a large brush fire on Lamentation Mountain in Berlin. Fire officials said it could be three to four days before it is contained. Follow below for live updates.

Firefighters have been working to contain a massive brush fire that broke out on a mountain in Berlin Monday evening. The fire department said they responded to the area of Lamentation Mountain. Crews said they tried to box in the fire, which continued burning overnight, and it is expected to take multiple days to contain. The fire is slow moving...

Update: Police have identified the 1-year-old who died as Ella Salgado. Two adults and two other children in the same vehicle were injured and are recovering. A 1-year-old child was killed and several other people were injured in a crash on the Berlin Turnpike on Saturday afternoon. The crash involving three cars happened just before 3 p.m. near the intersection…

A pastor and chaplain for state police as well as other local departments was killed in a motorcycle crash on Route 9 in Berlin on Wednesday afternoon, according to state police. State police said Pastor Paul David Krampitz, 65, of Cromwell, was driving a Harley-Davidson in the left lane on Route 9 North around 4:14 p.m. near exit 33 when…