Only weeks after suffering significant burns, a Spokane Fire Department fireman is back at work Thursday on light duty.
Getting back into the swing of things could not come fast enough for Chuck McKenzie.
“It’s great to be back in the station. It’s great with the guys, but getting back to the job is what I am looking forward to,” he said.
McKenzie said he was excited, nervous, and ready to go and just had mixed emotions. He carried that emotion to his first fire call and it was a big one.
On September 7, Chuck McKenzie threw regard for his own safety to the side to try and save the life of two people inside an apartment on Magnesium Road in North Spokane. McKenzie entered the apartment where the victims were found in an attempt to make a rescue. He was pulling the male victim out when he was hit by flames.