Members of the West Hartford Fire Department and West Hartford Police Department stood at attention Wednesday as they watched the procession carrying the body Robert “Sharky” Sharkevich Sr. from the Medical Examiner at UConn Health Center to the funeral home in Wethersfield.

West Hartford, CT, Oct. 23, 2024. Procession for Wethersfield Firefighter Robert Sharkevich. Photo by Joe Faraoni

By Viktoria Sundqvist, CTNewsJunkie.com 

A Connecticut firefighter who died Tuesday responding to a wildfire at Lamentation Mountain in Berlin will be remembered as a hero, officials said Wednesday.

Robert “Sharky” Sharkevich Sr., 66, a member of the Wethersfield Volunteer Fire Department and former member of the Hartford Fire Department, was operating a utility vehicle on a steep rocky incline when it flipped over on Tuesday on the Meriden side of the fire, Meriden police said. Three other Wethersfield firefighters were also injured.

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West Hartford, CT, Oct. 23, 2024. Procession for Wethersfield Firefighter Robert Sharkevich. Photo by Joe Faraoni

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