BOAT OPERATOR REPORT STATED OPERATOR CHANGED GAS CANS THEN PUMPED BULb tHEN HE STARTED ENGINE AND DRoVE BOAT. OPERATOR THEN FELT FLAMES AT HIS BACK. HE THEN JUMPED INTO THE WATER. BOAT BURST INTO FLAMES. THERE WAS NO DISTINCT EXPLOSION AS WAS FIRST REPORTED TO WISCONSIN DNR. WARDEN E-MESSAGE STATED THE EAST TROY POLICE DEPT TOLD HIM THAT THE FUEL WAS IGNITED WHEN THE BOAT OPERATOR WAS SWITCHING GAS CONTAINERS. BOAT CONSIDERED TOTAL LOSS BY EAST TROY PD. AND BY OWNER'S INSURANCE COMPANY.
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