(a) A person who knows of a fire or sets a fire on forested land owned, possessed, or controlled by the person, shall exercise due care to prevent the uncontrolled spread of the fire.
(b) A person shall make every effort possible to extinguish a fire the person knowingly sets on forested land and may not leave a fire unattended.
(c) In a criminal action brought under this section, the escape of the fire may be considered by a court as evidence that the person responsible for starting the fire acted knowingly.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Article 1. Protection of Forested Land.
Sec. 41.15.025. Fire protection on mental health trust land.
Sec. 41.15.030. Contracts for forest protection; emergency firefighters.
Sec. 41.15.040. Right of entry to control and suppress fires.
Sec. 41.15.045. Civil immunity.
Sec. 41.15.070. Disposal of burning materials.
Sec. 41.15.090. Building or leaving fires.
Sec. 41.15.100. Setting fires without consent.
Sec. 41.15.110. Uncontrolled spread of fire; leaving fire unattended.
Sec. 41.15.120. Requirement to assist in preventing or suppressing fires.
Sec. 41.15.130. Backfires and burnouts excluded.
Sec. 41.15.150. Criminal burning of forested land in the first degree.
Sec. 41.15.155. Criminal burning of forested land in the second degree.