ON 05 AUGUST 2009, AT APPROXIMATELY 3:00PM OPERATOR'S WAS ANCHORED IN BANK'S CHANNEL.  OPERATOR STATED HE AND SEVERAL FRIENDS WERE SWIMMING ADJACENT TO HIS BOAT WHEN TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE SWIMMING TOWARDS HIS BOAT NOTICED SMOKE AND FLAMES COMING FROM THE LOWER PART OF THE ENGINE.  OPERATOR SWAM BACK TO HIS BOAT AND ATTEMPTED TO PUT OUT THE FIRE WITH THE EXTINGUISHER THAT WAS ON BOARD.  HE WAS UNABLE TO PUT THE FIRE OUT WITH JUST ONE EXTINGUISHER, BUT TWO BOATS THAT WERE NEARBY DROVE UP AND TOSSED HIM THEIR FIRE EXTINGUISHER'S SO THAT HE COULD EXTINGUISH THE FIRE.  OPERATOR STATED THE RADIO WAS THE ONLY THING ON THE BOAT CAUGHT FIRE.

THE BOAT SUSTAINED APPROXIMATELY $2,000.00 IN DAMAGE.

THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

THERE WERE THREE B-1 FIRE EXTINGUISHERS USED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE.
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