An occupier of land from which fire escapes owes a duty of care not only to immediate neighbours but to all persons foreseeably affected by the fire, regardless of distance; the inability to predict in advance the direction or extent of fire spread does not constitute the kind of indeterminacy that negates a duty of care.
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