Facts
The appellant [X.] was on a roof of a collective garage on 9 April 2014, engaged in preheating and laying the underside of bitumen mats with a propane gas burner. Various construction materials were stored immediately next to his workplace. This and the building under construction behind it caught fire. [X.] is accused of holding the gas burner too close to the stored material, thereby causing the fire. The High Court of the Canton of Zurich, in appeal proceedings against a judgment of the District Court of Uster of 12 November 2015, found [X.] guilty of negligent causing of a fire in the second instance. The High Court imposed a conditional fine of 100 daily rates of CHF 60.- with a probation period of two years.Considerations
The Federal Supreme Court upheld the judgment of the High Court. It stated that the appellant had not observed the precautionary measures required by the circumstances and had caused a hazard that subsequently materialized. It…