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Health and Safety Code - HSC

DIVISION 12. FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION [13000 - 14959]

  ( Division 12 enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60. )
  

PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS [13000 - 13083]

  ( Part 1 enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60. )
  

CHAPTER 1. Liability in Relation to Fires [13000 - 13011]
  ( Chapter 1 enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60. )

  
13008.  

Any person who allows any fire burning upon his property to escape to the property of another, whether privately or publicly owned, without exercising due diligence to control such fire, is liable to the owner of such property for the damages to the property caused by the fire.

(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 48.)