Day After Fire, Amish Neighbors Raise New Barn

"We’re taught to help each other."

Barn fire at the Ely Fischer farm in Lancaster County, Pa., on Feb. 10, 2022. Timothy Coover Maytown/East Donegal Township Fire Department Photographer

Fire truck sirens and a glowing light in the distance caught Ely Fischer’s attention while he was at a worksite Thursday night, building a deck in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

“We thought, that’s in our general home area, so we wondered who the neighbors are that have a barn fire or something,” Fischer, who is Amish, told The Epoch Times.