Jerusalem Talmud Shabbat 16.7

משנה: נָכְרִי שֶׁבָּא לְכַבּוֹת אֵין אוֹמְרִים לוֹ כַּבֵּה אוֹ אַל תְּכַבֶּה מִפְּנֵי שֶׁאֵין שְׁבִיתָתוֹ עָלֵיךָ. אֲבָל קָטָן שֶׁבָּא לְכַבּוֹת אֵין שׁוֹמְעִין לוֹ שֶכֵּן שֶׁשְּׁבִיתָתוֹ עָלֵיךָ:

MISHNAH: If a Gentile comes to extinguish one tells him neither to extinguish nor not to extinguish since you are not responsible for him resting. But if a minor comes to extinguish one may not listen to him since you are responsible for him resting.

הלכה: נָכְרִי שֶׁבָּא לְכַבּוֹת. בִּימֵי רִבִּי אִמִּי נָפְלָה דְּלֵיקָה בַּכְּפָר. אַפִּיק רִבִּי אִימִּי כְּרוּז בְּשׁוּקֵי דַאֲרָמָאֵי וָמַר. מָאן דַּעֲבַד לָא מַפְסִיד. אָמַר רִבִּי אֶלְעָזָר בֵּירִבִּי יוֹסֵה קוֹמֵי רִבִּי יוֹסֵה. סַכָּנָה הָיְיתָה. אִם הָיְתָה סַכָּנָה אֲפִילוּ רִבִּי אִמִּי יַטְפֵּי. וְלֹא כֵן תַּנֵּי. כָּל דָּבָר שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ סַכָּנָה אֵין אוֹמְרִין. יֵיעָשׂוּ דְבָרִים הַלָּלוּ בַּנָּשִׁים וּבִקְטַנִּים. אֶלָּא אֲפִילוּ בִּגְדוֹלִים אֲפִילוּ בִּיִשְׂרָאֵל. מַעֲשֶׂה שֶׁנָּפְלָה דְלֵיקָה בַּחֲצַר יוֹסֵי בֶּן סִימַאי בְּשִׁיחִין. וְיָרְדוּ בְנֵי קַיצְרָה שֶׁלְצִיפּוֹרִין לְכַבּוֹת וְלֹא הִנִּיחַ לָהֶן. אָמַר לָהֶן. הַנִּיחוּ לַגַּבַּאי שֶׁיִּגְבֶּה חוֹבוֹ. מִיַּד קָשַׁר עַלָיו הֶעָנָן וְכִיבָּהוּ. בְּמוֹצָאֵי שַׁבָּת שָׁלַח לְכָל חַד מֵהֶם סֶלַע וּלְאִיפַּרְכוֹס שֶׁלָּהֶן חֲמִשִּׁים דֵּינָר. אָמְרוּ חֲכָמִים. לֹא הָיָה צָרִיךְ לַעֲשׂוֹת כֵּן. חַד נַפְּתִּי הֲוָה בִּמִגוּרָה דְּרִבִּי יוֹנָה. נְפִילַת דְלֵיקָה בִּמִגוּרָה דְּרִבִּי יוֹנָה. אֲזַל הַהוּא נַפְּתַּיָיה בְעֵי מִטְפַּיְיתָהּ וְלָא שָׁבְקֵיהּ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ. בַּגְרָךְ מִדְּלִי. אֲמַר לֵיהּ אִין. וְאִישְׁתֵּיזִיב כּוּלַּהּ. רִבִּי יוּדָן דִּכָפַר אִימִּי פָּרַס גּוּלְתֵּיהּ עַל גָּדִישָׁא וְנוּרָא עָרְקָא מִינָּהּ.

HALAKHAH: In the days of Rebbi Immi there was a fire in the village. Rebbi Immi sent a crier to the markets of the Gentiles saying: “He who works will not lose.” Rebbi Eleazar ben Rebbi Yose said, that was danger to life. But if there was danger to life, Rebbi Immi himself should have fought the fire! Did we not state, in any case of danger to life one does not say that [the necessary work] be done by women or minors, but [it should be done] even by adults, even by Jewish persons. “It happened that there was a fire in the courtyard of Yose ben Simai in Shiḥin, and the garrison of the barracks of Sepphoris came to fight it but he did not let them fight it; he said, let the collector collect his due. Immediately there formed a cloud which extinguished it. After the Sabbath he sent to each of them a tetradrachma and to their commander 50 denarii.” The Sages said, there was no need for him to do that. A Nabatean was in the neighborhood of Rebbi Jonah. There was a fire in Rebbi Jonah’s neighborhood; the Nabatean wanted to fight it but Rebbi Jonah did not let him. He said to him, because of my property! He said, yes. And everything was saved. Rebbi Jonah from Kefar-Immi spread his garment over the grain stack and the fire retreated from it.

אֲבָל קָטָן שֶׁבָּא לְכַבּוֹת אֵין שׁוֹמְעִין לוֹ. וְלֹא כֵן תַּנֵּי. רָאוּ אוֹתוֹ יוֹצֵא וּמְלַקֵּט עֲשָׂבִים אֵין אַתְּ זָקוּק לוֹ. תַּמָּן אֵין לוֹ צוֹרֶךְ בָּעֲשָׂבִים. בְּרַם הָכָא יֵשׁ לוֹ צוֹרֶךְ כִּיבּוּי.

“But if a minor comes to extinguish one may not listen to him.” But was it not stated, if one saw him going out and collecting grasses, one need not interfere? There he has no need for grasses; here he sees the need for fire fighting.