(a)  A person commits the offense of failure to control or report a dangerous fire if he knows that a fire is unattended and is endangering the life, physical safety, or a substantial amount of property of another person, and he: 
    (1)  Fails to act in a reasonable manner to put out or control the fire when he can do so without substantial risk to himself; or 

(2)  Fails to act in a reasonable manner to report the fire. 

(b)  Failure to control or report a dangerous fire is a Class B misdemeanor. 

History. Acts 1975, No. 280, 1904; A.S.A. 1947, 41-1904.