Any person who personally or through another wilfully, negligently, or in violation of law, sets fire to, allows fire to be set to, or allows a fire kindled or attended by him to escape to, the property of another, whether privately or publicly owned, is liable to the owner of such property for any damages to the property caused by the fire.
Cal. Health & Safety Code § 13007
Liability in Relation to Fires
Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case Globe Indem. Co. v. State of California (1974)
Most recently applied in 8 Cal. 5th 1094 - Scholes v. Lambirth Trucking Co. (February 2020)
Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 48.
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