ACCORDING TO THE OPERATOR, HE WAS TRAVELING TOWARDS THE FULE DOCKS AT IDLE SPEED AT THE MOUTH OF FLOWERY BRANCH CREEK.HE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. WHEN HE LIFTED THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, HE SAW THAT THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE. HE ATTEMPTED TO PUT OUT THE FIRE WITH THE EXTINGUISHER ONBOARD AND GOT THE FLAMES UNDER CONTROL. HALL COUNTY FIRE BOAT ARRIVED ON THE SCENE AND WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE COMPLETELY AND TOW THE VESSEL BACK TO AQUALAND'S DOCKS. ONCE I ARRIVED AT THE SCENE, THE OPERATOR OF THE VESSEL STATED THAT HE HAD HIS HYDRAULIC LINES REPLACED ONE WEEK PRIOR AND BELIEVED THAT MAY HAVE LEAD TO THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. I EXAMINED THE BLIGE AREA AND found AN UNKNOWN LIQUID THAT WAS CONSISTENT WITH HYDRAULIC FLUID.
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