A CONCLUSIVE DETERMINATION COULD NOT BE MADE AS TO THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE FIRE DUE TO THE VESSEL BEING A TOTAL LOSS. THE MOTOR WAS RUNNING AND THE BOAT WAS IN OPERATION FOR A PERIOD OF TIME PRIOR TO THE POPPING SOUND AND A SUBSEQUENT FIRE. THE OPERATOR AND PASSENGERS ABANDONED THE VESSEL AND A NEARBY BOAT CAME AND PULLED ALL FIVE FROM THE WATER WITHOUT INJURY.
SHELL KNOB