Grassroots effort asks for help after being overwhelmed with donations for fire victims

Since two people were killed and dozens were displaced by the Royal Suite Lodge fire, clothes, children’s toys and other donations have poured into McClain’s Car Doctor in South Anchorage. The garage has become a distribution point for a donation effort that originated on social media.
The garage’s former owner, Dan McClain, is the former father-in-law of Katie McClain-Engelking, who was seriously injured while trying to escape from the fire. He said there are so many donations