After the Rosewood Club fire

The Wednesday apartment fire that killed two people and left a firefighter with third-degree burns started accidentally and could have been controlled much more easily if the building had a sprinkler system, fire officials said.

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Thu., Sept. 8, 2016

Spokane Fire Department firefigher Charles McKenzies charred turnout coat and helmut.

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Bob Johnson lost everything he owned in a fire at his Rosewood Club Apartments on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016. Here he visits the site (his third-floor apartment iat left over his shoulder) on Thursday, Sept. 8 in Spokane, Wash.

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In this Sept. 7 Facebook post, Spokane firefighter Charles "Chuck" McKenzie thanks the community for support after he was injured battling a blaze at an apartment complex.
Charles McKenzie was injured in a fire at the Rosewood Club Apartments in North Spokane on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2016. He was two weeks away from ending his probationary period with the Spokane Fire Department.

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Charles McKenzie
An injured firefighter, a 29-year-old who joined the Spokane Fire Department about a year ago, was burned on his upper torso when he led his crew in trying to enter the apartment. He was hospitalized in serious condition at Sacred Heart Medical Center with second- and third-degree burns and later transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

Allie Raye Special To The Spokesman-Review
Charles McKenzie’s jacket after battling fire on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016 in Spokane.