ON AUGUST 16TH AT 7:00 PM, operator AND TWO FEMALE PASSENGERS WERE ON KERR LAKE.  operator HAD JUST PULLED AWAY FROM THE SHORE LINE AND CUT THE ENGINE OFF ON HIS VESSEL.  WHEN operator WENT TO START THE ENGINE BACK UP TO TAKE OFF, THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION. operator PUSHED THE TWO FEMALES OVER THE SIDE OF THE BOAT INTO THE WATER.  THERE WAS A FUEL LEAK IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHICH IGNITED CAUSING AN EXPLOSION.  ONE FEMALE RECEIVED SECOND DEGREE BURNS TO HER RIGHT LEG AND ARM.  WIRES WERE MELTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THE BACK OF THE SEATS WERE MELTED.
MIDDLEBURG                    