The owner was the only person in the boat at the time of the explosion. His son, who was in the house at the time of the incident stated that his dad was cleaning in the vessle's cabin at the time of the explosion. son  indicated that they had removed the fuel from the boat the previous day and had even opened up the fuel tank through the fuel sending unit and with rags and straightened out cloths hangers had removed all of the fuel. The son said that the onshore power source was disconnected at the time of the explosion.
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