ON 1/20/10 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:00 AM, operator WAS MAINTAINING THE FUEL SYSTEM ON HIS WIFE'S 1993 SILVERTON BOAT WHEN IT CAUGHT FIRE AND EVENTUALLY BURNED TO THE WATERLINE. THE FIRE BEGAN INSIDE THE MOTOR ROOM WHILE THE FUEL FILTER WAS OFF AND operator LEFT TO GRAB SOME RAGS TO HELP CLEAN UP. HE RETURNED AND NOTICED SMOKE AND A FLASH THAT IGNITED THE BOAT. operator and one other person WERE ABLE TO PUSH THE VESSEL AWAY FROM THE SLIP INSIDE THE MARINA WHERE IT WAS HOUSED. EVENTUALLY bystander USED A PONTOON BOAT TO PUSH THE BURNING VESSEL WELL AWAY FROM the MARINA.
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