Question juridique clé
Whether the finding that the defendant caused the fire by negligence was arbitrary
Solution extraite
The factual findings were not arbitrary; the defendant's own repeated statements and witness evidence supported that he made a large fire and that it caused the blaze.
Motifs extraits
The court relied on the defendant's own admissions in several documents and hearings, corroborated by his spouse and a chimney sweep's testimony about how such a fire could ignite the wooden flue.