Wyoming wildfire destroys GOP rep's childhood home: 'Devastating’

A raging wildfire has destroyed the childhood home of U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo., as officials say the flames have burned over 28,000 acres of land in eastern Wyoming since last week.

The Haystacks Fire, which was initially contained Monday, reignited a day later and scorched the Haystack Range and the area north of Ft. Laramie, Goshen County Emergency Management said Wednesday.

Hageman told Cowboy State Daily on Saturday that the old family home in the Haystacks, in which she lived until she was age 7...