It shall be unlawful for any owner or lessee of land to set fire to or to procure
another to set fire to any woods, brush, logs, leaves, grass, debris or other inflammable
material upon such land unless he previously has taken all reasonable care and precaution,
by having cut and piled the material or carefully cleared around the material, to
prevent the spread of such fire to lands other than those owned or leased by him.
It shall be unlawful for any employee of any such owner or lessee of land to set fire
to or to procure another to set fire to any woods, brush, logs, leaves, grass, debris
or other inflammable material upon such land unless he has taken similar precautions
to prevent the spread of such fire to any other land.
(Code 1988, § 5-47)
