Fire crews were called around 11:30 a.m. Savannah fire Chief Steve Dinsmore said by the time firefighters from Savannah, Ruggles-Troy, Nankin, Ashland and Tri-Community arrived on the scene, more than half of the building was engulfed in flames.
A new flock is scheduled to arrive in a few weeks.
Van Pelt said it's likely the 500-ft barn, worth about $700,000 will be rebuilt.
“We didn’t decide yet, but I’m sure it’s going to get rebuilt,” he told the Mansfield News Journal. Van Pelt doesn’t have commercial insurance but he said “the (Mennonite) church always helps its own.”
The cause of the fire is unknown, but Van Pelt believes an electrical issue started it.