170Actions do not lie for damage caused by accidental fires

170 Actions do not lie for damage caused by accidental fires (1) An action does not lie against a person in whose house, room or other building, or on whose property, a fire accidentally starts for injury or damage caused by the fire to someone else, or for damage caused by the fire to the property of someone else. (2) Subsection (1) applies despite any other territory law or any usage or custom in force in the ACT. (3) For subsection (1), a fire must not be taken to have started accidentally if it was started deliberately or negligently.