Concerned community members flocked to the Templeton Community Center looking for answers to questions about the Templeton Feed & Grain fire on July 4.

Templeton CSD general manager, Jeff Britlz, says the purpose of the meeting was to address the many rumors circulating around the community.

Presenters who confronted the rumors explained that water rations were done out of an abundance of caution, and lack of water was never an issue.

Templeton Fire Chief Tom Peterson told the crowd that because of a quick response time and extra firefighter staffing for the Fourth of July holiday, the fire was prevented from being even worse than it was.

"In my 35 years of experience," says Peterson. "It would be my opinion that we would have probably lost more structures had we not aggressively hit i

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