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Wyoming wildfire destroys GOP rep's childhood home: 'Devastating’
Fox News
The Haystacks Fire raging in eastern Wyoming has scorched over 28,000 acres of land since the flames reignited on Tuesday afternoon, officials said.
Hageman told Cowboy State Daily on Saturday that the old family home in the Haystacks, in which she lived until she was age 7, was over 100 years old and "very special" to her family. Hageman said the wildfire "destroyed" her childhood home, a rustic two-bedroom homestead in which she lived with her five siblings until she was 7 years old. (Goshen County Emergency Management) The Haystacks Fire reignited on Tuesday, a day after officials declared the wildfire contained. (Goshen County Emergency Management) On Friday, county officials ordered evacuations for residents of Hartville, Whalen Canyon and Pleasant Valley. (Goshen County Emergency Management) Officials have yet to contain the fire as of Sunday morning. (Goshen County Emergency Management)
"That’s where we were all raised," Hageman told the outlet. "It burned."