Charles McKenzie, the Spokane firefighters injured in an apartment fire in north Spokane Wednesday was transferred to Seattle's Harborview Hospital for treatment of his burns.
McKenzie was injured the during the two-alarm fire at the Rosewood Club Apartments trying to save two people. Those people, a man and a woman, unfortunately, didn't make it. McKenzie suffered 2nd and 3rd burns during the rescue attempt. McKenzie was taken to Sacred Heart and then transferred to Harborview, the region's largest burn treatment center.
Assistant Chief Brian Schaeffer says he was one of the first on the scene from Station 18, and the firefighters on that engine were informed there were people inside when they got on scene.