On 5/26/2013 at 17:00 hrs a Bagby State Park employee advised me that there had been a jet ski fire in front of cabin #5 at George Bagby State Park. I responded to the scene where I encountered the operator, and the owner of a Kawasaki Jet Ski. 
I interviewed both Operator and owner, Operator stated she was operating the jet ski with a juvenile on board when it stalled.  As she tried to restart the jet ski, a fire developed under the seat, at which point some family members on the bank drove a boat out and pulled the jet ski in.
It appeared that the cause of the fire was electrical in origin, and the fire had extinguished itself. Owner and operator stated that when the seat was removed the fire was out.  There were no injuries to the operator or passenger. The fire was contained to the top and rear portion of the engine and the bottom of the seat, with burnt wiring evident. I estimated the damage to be 2000.00 dollars.
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