Before fellow Redditors had to chance to comment on the situation, the OP explained why they think they might be in the wrong. They wrote, "I may be the AH for soaking his fire when I may as well have just called in on him. He is an AH for many other reasons though, and this was just the tip of the iceberg for me."

Eventually, the comments came flooding in — and most are on the OP's side.

One user wrote, "NTA, but next time, call the fire department. It's their job to take care of things like this, and you can even do so anonymously to protect yourself from retaliation."

"For sure! I would have called the fire department though, with everything going on here, I felt that it would be taking them away from real emergencies when I could handle this myself," the OP replied. Nevertheless, they reassured the OP and said the neighbor's fire had the potential to be a real emergency.

Another user commented, "YTA but the a------ we need," which sparked others to say the OP is a "justified a------."

"Justified a------!! Thank you," Redditor u/slendermanismydad declared, while a third user said, "NTA. Was it the nicest thing to do? Not really. But was it 100 percent justified? Yes, it was."

Reddit user u/some-shady-dude agreed with the others: "YTA but justified," they wrote. "Even fire in a pit can become out of control, especially if [the] surrounding area is dry grass. My question is though, why TF is he lighting a fire pit in the middle of a damn forest fire?" That's what we're wondering too!

Where do you stand? Should the OP have put out the fire?