OPERATOR STATED THAT VESSEL RAN OUT OF GAS AND OPERATOR REFUELED IT WITH A JUG THAT HE HAD ONBOARD.  OPERATOR THEN STATED THAT HE HEARD A LOUD BANG. HE OPENED THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND SAW A LARGE FIRE. OPERATOR USED FIRE EXTINGUISHER BUT COULDN'T GET THE FIRE OUT. HE GRABBED A PFD AND JUMPED OVERBOARD AND WAS PICKED UP BY A PASSERBY. THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT BY THE TITUS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
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