Fire from neighbor's land

[LouNY]

The neighbors property liability insurance should be the one offering the first estimate of damage. After talking to the owner, he should be contacting his insurance company to make you whole. Someone will have to appraise and value the damage to set the value.

 

[Cycledude]

Got a phone call this morning that the neighbor next to my property let his fire get away and burned about 15 acres of my property and one structure. The house trailer was unocupied but was used for storage. Not sure should I contact a lawyer, the DA or work out something with the neighbor. I don't live on the property but my children do and there is a no burn order for the whole state.

So who actually called to notify you of the fire ?
You said the neighbor let his fire get away, if it actually was a fire started by your neighbor do you know what he was attempting to burn ?
I sure hope everything eventually gets worked out to your satisfaction.

 

[bridge4]

So who actually called to notify you of the fire ?
You said the neighbor let his fire get away, if it actually was a fire started by your neighbor do you know what he was attempting to burn ?
I sure hope everything eventually gets worked out to your satisfaction.

I'm not the guy who had the fire. It was just curious to me. If 15 of my 80 acres went up, I'd notice. hell if someones burning two miles down the road I notice. Just wondering how the kids didn't bring it up before the neighbor! Again, doesn't matter too much, but just looking for some gossip since we are on a forum and all.

 

[dodge man]

They might have been at work and came home to the problem.

 

[whitenorth]

If it were my property I would give the neighbor some credit that he called me and that I didn't find out about it through a third party. For that reason, I'd talk to the neighbor first before doing anything else after looking at what all got burned. Of course, other factors may come into play like what kind of relationship I have with the neighbor (friendly, adversary, etc).

 

[ruffdog]

The land owner NEEDS to have a report, in hand, of the fire. Whoever this may be, the fire chief, marshal, state fire investigator...whatever. It needs to state what caused the fire and that there was a burn ban at the time. Also, an estimate of damage done by the fire and firefighting equipment on your land. If there are no pictures, ask why not.....add some of your pictures. Then, take a moment to decide if you want to pursue getting paid for the damage. Is the fire department pursuing repayment from the person starting the fire? If not, why not?

 

[JeepHead]

Sounds to me that you're entitled to the loss of the structure and contents, the full value of any trees that will die, and the cost to pay for a company to come in and remove any dead trees (even if you or your kids intend to do that). That's exactly what I would expect to receive and the fact that he violated a state order would be good bargaining chips...

 

[Jstpssng]

I would find out if the neighbor who started the fire sought a burn permit

1. The neighbor lives on his
land tending to it and during a beneficial prescribed burn he underestimated the conditions

According to the OP's first post;

there is a no burn order for the whole state.

 

[HamishMacCheap]

there is a no burn order for the whole state.

Thank You

 

[4570Man]

Is the fire department pursuing repayment from the person starting the fire? If not, why not?

I’ve had more encounters with the local FD than I’d like to admit although never involving forestry dozers. They’ve never sent me a bill for their service.