Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who allows a fire kindled or attended by him to escape from his control or to spread to the lands of any person other than the builder of the fire without using every reasonable and proper precaution to prevent the fire from escaping.
Cal. Health & Safety Code § 13000
Liability in Relation to Fires
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 103 Cal. App. 2d 609 - Osborn v. City of Whittier (1951)
Most recently applied in 120 Cal. App. 4th 591 - People v. Brian N. (June 2004)
Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.
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