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A comment on California’s Wildfire Policy Backfired (2019). Parent comment

Re:California’s Wildfire Policy Backfired (2019) by mint2 on Sunday August 23, 2020 @10:40AM (#24252262)
If your nephew doesn’t mention liability concerns as a reason controlled burns aren’t done then you probably shouldn’t listen to him.

Light night starts a fire, it burns down a house, who is liable?

Government in the name of fire prevention starts a fire, it gets out of control and burns down a house, who is liable?

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Re:California’s Wildfire Policy Backfired (2019) by donw on Sunday August 23, 2020 @11:46AM (#24252684)
You know, that’s a fair point that I hadn’t thought about. I naïvely assumed that regulatory frameworks would take care of this, and I’m curious what legal precedent there is?
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