Failure to control or report a dangerous fire

  1. Law
  2. Arkansas Code
  3. Criminal Offenses
  4. Offenses Against Property
  5. Damage or Destruction of Property
  6. Arson and Other Burning
  7. Failure to control or report a dangerous fire

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  1. (a) A person commits the offense of failure to control or report a dangerous fire if the person knows that a fire is unattended and is endangering the life, physical safety, or a substantial amount of property of another person, and the person:

    1. (1) Fails to act in a reasonable manner to put out or control the fire when he or she can do so without substantial risk to himself or herself; or

    2. (2) Fails to act in a reasonable manner to report the fire.

  2. (b) Failure to control or report a dangerous fire is a Class B misdemeanor.


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