Sparks from a commercial barbecue are the likely cause for a half-acre fire that burned through one field and caused a train-track closure in Templeton Tuesday, according to fire authorities.

At 2:40 p.m. Tuesday, officials got a call of a fire burning in a field directly behind Sam’s Deli in Templeton, at the corner of South Main and 5th streets.

“There was a barbecue operation going on there, so we’re saying that was the probable cause, since everything else was eliminated,” said Rod Hewitt, interim fire chief of the Templeton Fire Department. “We counseled the person, gave them some safety tips, but there w

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