2485. In fire insurance, the insurer is bound to make reparation for the injury which is an immediate consequence of fire or combustion, whatever the cause, including damage to the property during removal or that caused by the means employed to extinguish the fire, subject to the exceptions specified in the policy. The insurer also covers the disappearance of insured things that occurs during the fire, unless he proves that the disappearance is due to theft which is not covered.
The insurer is not bound to make reparation for the injury caused solely by excessive heat from a heating apparatus or by any process involving the application of heat where there is no fire or commencement of fire but, even where there is no fire, the insurer is bound to make reparation for the injury caused by lightning or the explosion of fuel.
1991, c. 64, a. 2485; I.N. 2014-05-01; I.N. 2015-11-01.