A person is walking on a public sidewalk.When he finishes smoking a cigarette,which is still lit,he negligently tosses it,and it lands close to a house.The cigarette causes a fire that burns down the house.In this instance,the smoker is not the proximate cause of the damage.

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The smoker's negligence of tossing a lit cigarette was the direct cause of the fire that burned down the house. This makes them the proximate cause of the damage.

A Person Is Walking on a Public Sidewalk