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Ark. Code Ann. § 5-38-303: Failure to control or report a dangerous fire

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  1. AR Code
  2. Title 5
  3. Chapter 38
  4. Subchapter 3

(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) 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) Fails to act in a reasonable manner to report the fire. (b) Failure to control or report a dangerous fire is a Class B misdemeanor. Acts 1975, No. 280, § 1904; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-1904.

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

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

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

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