Quoting%20commentary for Bava Kamma 44:9

ורבי יוחנן אמר אפילו שלהבת פטור קסבר צבתא דחרש קא גרים לא מיחייב עד דמסר ליה גווזא סילתא ושרגא

applies only to a case where it was a [flickering] coal that had been handed over to [the deaf-mute] who fanned it into flame, whereas In the case of a [ready] flame having been handed over there is liability on the ground that the instrument of damage has been fully prepared. R. Johanan, on the other hand, stated that even in the case of a ready flame there is exemption, maintaining that it was only the handling by<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'the tongs of'. ');">¹⁴</span> the deaf-mute that caused [the damage]; there could therefore be no liability unless chopped wood, chips and actual fire were [carelessly] given him.

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