227.240 Investigating and reporting on fires. The chief of each fire department, sheriff, or local deputy marshal ordered under KRS 227.230 shall immediately investigate the origin and circumstances of a fire in his or her area and determine the cause of the fire so far as practicable. If it appears t hat the fire is of suspicious origin, he or she shall immediately notify the state fire marshal and the commissioner of the Department of Kentucky State Police. Effective: June 26, 2007 History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 259, effective June 26, 20 07. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 305, sec. 5, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 146, sec. 4. -- Created 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 201, sec. 5.
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