VESSEL 1 WAS DOCKED AT NEWBERRY CREEK MARINA GAS DOCK.  VESSEL OPERATOR STATED HE HAD GASED UP THE VESSEL AND PUSHED AWAY FROM THE DOCK.  WHEN HE STARTED THE VESSEL, IT BLEW UP.  THE MOTOR COWLING BLEW OFF BURNING 3 PEOPLE.  THE FIRE WAS OUT AND THE INJURED HAD BEEN TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL BY THE TIME THE INVESTIGATOR ARRIVED.  THE INVESTIGATOR FOUND GASOLINE IN THE VESSEL'S FRESH WATER HOLDING TANK.  THE INVESTIGATOR ASKED THE OPERATOR IF HE MIGHT HAVE MISTAKENLY PUT GASOLINE IN THE FRESH WATER TANK AND THE OPERATOR REPLIED THAT THOUGHT HE MIGHT HAVE.  THE EVENT OCCURRED APPROX 150 FEET NORTH OF THE SHORELINE AND 12 FEET SW OF THE NW EDGE OF THE NEWBERRY CREEK MARINA GAS DOCK.
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