Firefighters battle the blaze at Shuler Woodworking Wednesday afternoon. There were no injuries.

FENELTON — Randy Shuler's business Shuler Woodworking is down, but not out.

Shuler vowed to rebuild after a Wednesday afternoon fire destroyed the business. He said he'll make it bigger.

“I don't have time to sit around feeling sorry for myself. I'm going to rebuild. It's going to be bigger and better,” Shuler said as 35 firefighters from the seven volunteer fire departments that responded began collecting their gear and preparing to clear the scene shortly after 7 p.m.

Shuler's wife Rhonda Shuler spotted smoke coming from the metal building on Cornetti Road as she was taking a walk just after 5 p.m., after her husband and his employees left for the day. She called 911.

“It was heavy fire by the time one of our officers got on scene,” said Rob McLafferty, chief of the Herman Volunteer Fire Company. “We put two interior crews in. Unfortunately it was too much involved. We had to back out and do an exterior attack.”

Firefighters managed to knock down the fire in about 30 minutes, McLafferty said.The fire is not suspicious, but, due to the extent of the damage, state police fire marshals will be asked to determine the cause, he said. The roof collapsed and the contents of the building appeared to be destroyed.Shuler said he and his four employees left at 4 p.m., but he returned from his nearby home at 4:30 p.m. to drop something off.“It was 5 o'clock. I was at the house. I heard a boom! My wife called and said the place was on fire,” Shuler said. “By the time I got up here, I knew it was gone. I couldn't even speculate about what happened.”He said he managed to retrieve a business ledger when he returned to the shop, but the smoke was too heavy for him to try to save anything else.The shop contained many pieces of machinery, a lot of wood and chemicals such as lacquer thinner, he said.He said the business, which he has been running full-time for eight years, is insured and business has been good.Shuler said he has residential and commercial customers for his kitchens, bathrooms and vanities from Washington to Erie in Western Pennsylvania.An acquaintance has already agreed to let him use his wood shop temporarily to keep the business going while his insurance company resolves his claim and he rebuilds, he said.“I have every intention to rebuild and hit it hard,” Shuler said.The Chicora, Lick Hill, Oneida Valley, Buffalo Township, East Butler and Saxonburg fire departments and Butler Ambulance Service also responded. No one was injured.

The building housing Shuler Woodworking was destroyed. Owner Randy Shuler says he was insured and plans to rebuild.