A raging wildfire has destroyed the childhood home of Republican Congresswoman Harriet Hageman of Wyoming. Officials say the blaze has burned more than 28,000 acres in eastern Wyoming since last week.
The Haystacks Fire, which was contained Monday, reignited the next day and burned areas in the Haystack Mountains and north of Fort Laramie, Goshen County Emergency Management announced Wednesday.
Hageman said: Cowboy State Daily She said Saturday that the old Haystacks home where she lived until she was seven is more than 100 years old and “very special” to her family.
“That’s where we all grew up,” Hegemann told the outlet. “It burned down.”
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County officials said the fire has burned about 28,000 acres in eastern Wyoming since Tuesday. (Wyoming Department of Forestry)
“It’s pretty devastating,” Hagemann added.
Hageman said the house is more than 100 years old. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images, File)
Hageman’s brother, Hugh Hageman, told Cowboy State Daily that nothing remains of the family mansion where he and his five siblings grew up in a two-bedroom home.
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“It burned down. There’s nothing left,” he said. “It’s sad. It was where we all came from. It was in pretty bad shape before the fire. No one had lived there since the early 1970s.”
Gov. Mark Gordon said the fire had grown to about 47 square miles by Wednesday morning, and helicopters and large tankers were being deployed to fight the blaze. The Goshen County Emergency Management Agency estimated Wednesday that 28,000 acres had burned.
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About 65 people were evacuated in Hartville and evacuations were also issued in the unincorporated community of Pleasant Valley on Friday as shifting winds caused the fire to change direction.
