<human>: My story: My family and I live(d) in an attached rowhouse which we own in a city in Maryland.  About 2 months ago, a fire started in my next door neighbor's house (cause still unknown) which resulted in the destruction of our home and most of our possessions. What should have been a small fire turned into a two-alarm blaze that lasted for 9+ hours because of our neighbor's excessive collection of junk and combustible materials.  Their house was filled floor to ceiling with magazines, newspapers, construction materials, gas cans, and other flammable materials that made fighting the fire extremely difficult.  Before the fire jumped to our house, the firefighters had to break in and fight the fire from our house because they couldn't get anyone in due to the debris.  The local fire captain said the collection of combustible materials was the worst they'd ever seen and that had it been a normal house the damage to our property would have been greatly diminished or even eliminated.

Our neighbors were warned by the city about 2 years ago regarding the danger created by their excess possessions.  Other neighbors made multiple calls to the city to report their unsafe behavior over the past few years but no action was ever taken.

We love our house and have good insurance which will allow us to rebuild although it will take the better part of a year.  We'll be able to salvage some of our possessions but many antique and sentimental items are gone forever.  Our concern now is that the negligent neighbors also have insurance and are vowing to rebuild as well.  I'm very concerned about the safety of my family and the protection of my property having these people live next to me again.

Here are my questions:

1. Do we have any avenues to prevent them from rebuilding/living next door to me again?
1. Do we have a legal case against the neighbors to recoup some of the losses to our property and possessions that are not covered by insurance?
1. Does the city have any liability for not taking action against the neighbors when it knew about the dangerous condition of the neighbor's home?
1. If yes to any of the above, how do I get started?

Can you succinctly summarize the text in 1-3 sentences?
<bot>: Neighbor's junk-filled house burned my house down and now they want to rebuild next door.  What options do I have?