ON 6/13/09 AT 1457HRS I WAS DISPATCHED JUST NORTH OF JET SKI POINT REGARDING A BOAT FIRE.UPON ARRIVAL I OBSERVED A PWC FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. WE THEN MADE OUR WAY TO JET SKI POINT WERE THE 2 OCCUPANTS WERE STANDING. WE MADE CONTACT WITH THE OWNVER AND HE TOLD US THE FOLLOWING: HE AND HIS SON WERE SITTING ON V1 AFTER LAUNCHING IT FROM FET SKI POINT. AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO START V1 WHICH HE EXPLAINED WOULD NOT TURN OVER AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, V1 EXPLODED FORCING THE SEAT OFF AND THROWING THEM APPROX. 4-5 FEET INTO THE AIR AND THEN INTO THE WATER. HE THEN STATED V1 CAUGHT FIRE AFTER IT EXPLODED. HE SAID THEY DID NOT GET HURT. LATER PASSENGER STATED TO ME THAT HE HAD SMELLED GAS AS THEY WERE LAUNCHING THE PWC INTO THE LAKE. THERE IS NOTHING FURTHER AT THIS TIME.
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