On 6/30/12 at about 1315hrs i was dispatched to a call of a vessel on fire on the water in the area of castle creek boat ramp on lake pleasant. Upon arrival the scorpion bay fire boat had responded to the scene and had already extinguished the vessel on fire and it sunk in the water. I contacted the owner/operator of v1 and he told me the following: he stated that he had just put the boat on the water. He also stated that he had left the shoreline at firemans cove at idle speed and was headed out towards the main bay. He then stated his boat backfired and the back end of the vessel immediately caught fire and began to burn very fast. He stated that he attempted to grab the fire extinguisher on board to fight the fire but the heat was too intense for him to get it. He stated that another unidentfied boat had pulled alongside and he got onto that boat to get away from the vessel on fire. He stated that he was the only occupant on board the vessel and was not injured. V1 completely burned and it sank about 1000 feet due east of the ramp about 500 feet from shoreline.
PEORIA                        