RedactedNarrative: ON 10/5/13 AT APPROX. 1900 HRS, VESSEL 1 WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON THE ICW JUST SOUTH OF MARKER 76 WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE.  VESSEL 1 OPERATOR ADVISED THAT HE WAS PLEASURE CRUISING UNDER 25 MPH ON HIS VESEL WHEN HE OBSERVED SMOKE COMING FROM THE REAR ENGINE COMPARTMENT.  V1 OPERATOR STATED THAT WHEN HE OPENED THE ENGINE COVER, HE OBSERVED FLAMES AND DARK SMOKE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.  V1 OPERATOR ADVISED THAT THE VESSEL'S HALON SYSTEM EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES INVOLVED.  FT. LAUDERDALE FIRE ENGINE 35 RESPONDED AND ENSURED THAT THE FIRE HAD BEEN COMPLETELY EXTINGUISHED.  THE FIRE CAUSED ENGINE DAMAGE AND DAMGE TO THE CUSTOM PAINT JOB.  THE FIRE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE STARTED FROM ALTERNATOR WIRING.
NameOfBodyOfWater: ICW
NearestCityTown: FT. LAUDERDALE