Midrash for Bava Kamma 121:10

תניא כוותיה דרב בד"א בקולחת אבל בנכפפת ועצים מצויין לה אפילו עד מאה מיל חייב עברה נהר או שלולית שהם רחבים ח' אמות פטור:

Raba said: [The height of] four cubits stated [in the Mishnah] as not involving liability would also suffice even where the fire passed over to a field of thorns. R. Papa, however, said: [The height of] four cubits should be calculated from the top of the thorns. Rab said: The Mishnaic ruling applies only where the fire was rising in a column, but where it was creeping along there would be liability, even if it crossed a public road of about [the width of] a hundred cubits. Samuel [on the other hand] said that the Mishnah deals with a creeping fire; for in the case of a fire rising in a column there would be exemption if it crossed a public road of any width whatsoever. It was, however, taught in accordance with Rab: This ruling<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of exemption in the case of a fire crossing a public road. ');">¹⁶</span>

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