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,

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 Hartford Fire Department who died in the line of duty while responding to a brush fire at Lamentation Mountain in Berlin on Tuesday.

A brush fire broke out on Monday evening in Berlin and has remained active into early Tuesday morning. Officials with the Berlin Fire Department said the fire broke out on Lamentation Mountain at around 5:45 p.

A Wethersfield firefighter has died battling the brush fire in Berlin.