ON 8/10/09 AT APPROX.1545HRS, THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 HAD INSTALLED A NEW BATTERY IN VESSEL 1.  EARLIER IN THE DAY, THE OPERATOR DID MECHANICAL WORK ON THE VESSEL WHICH INCLUDED FLUSHING THE FUEL LINES.  OPERATOR TURNED ON THE BILGE BLOWERS AND AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, TURNED ON THE ENGINE. ENGINE WAS ON FOR APPROX. 15 SECONDS AT WHICH TIME THE ENGINE EXPLODED AND CAUGHT FIRE.  VESSEL 1 WAS TIED TO THE DOCK AT THE TIME OF THE EXPLOSION.
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