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House fire adds more heartache for family of UW lineman Kaleb McGary

About six years ago, when Huskies senior offensive lineman Kaleb McGary was in high school, his family was nearing bankruptcy and eventually forced off its 5.75-acre farm in southern Washington.

The family of five relocated to Fife, where Kaleb’s parents, Justin and Cassandra, had grown up. There, they lived in two RVs while restoring Cassandra’s childhood home. Then, not long after Justin was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, the family was stunned to learn Kaleb had a heart arrhythmia that doctor’s initially feared could threaten his football career.

A recent fire at their Fife home has displaced Kaleb’s parents and his youngest brother, Jonah.