Cap. 16 Art. 1562Liability of lessee in case of fire.

The lessee shall be liable for any damage caused by fire, unless he proves that it occurred without any fault on his part, or on the part of any of the persons mentioned in the next following article, or through a fortuitous event, or an irresistible force, or through a faulty construction, or that the fire was communicated from a neighbouring tenement.