WHILE UNDERWAY IN CHOPPY SEAS, V1 OPERATOR SMELLED GASOLINE AND REDUCED SPEED WHEN AN EXPLOSION IN THE CENTER CONSOLE OCCURRED. V1 OCCUPANTS USED TWO FIRE EXTINGUISHERS TO KILL THE FIRE. FIRE REIGNITED, BUT WAS EXTINGUISHED A SECOND TIME. LATER AT THE DOCK, THEY OBSERVED THAT THE SENING UNIT OF THE FUEL TANK WAS TAMPERED WITH.
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