ON 5/6/12 AT APPROX 1115HRS I RESPONDED TO THE PLEASANT HARBOR MARINA IN RESPONSE TO SEEING A LARGE AMOUNT OF SMOKE COMING FROM THE NORTHEND OF THE MARINA. UPON ARRIVAL I LEARNED THAT THERE HAD BEEN A BOAT FIRE AND THAT IT WAS CURRENTLY OUT. PEORIA FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE TREATING 2 PEOPLE FROM THE BOAT FOR BURNS AND POSSIBLE INHALATION INJURIES. I SPOKE WITH THE OWNERS WIFE WHO WAS PRESENT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. SHE SAID THEY HAD OWNED THE BOAT SINCE 1997 AND NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT. HER HUSBAND HAD JUST HAD THE BOAT TUNED UP THIS MORNING AND THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE THE BOAT OUT ON THE LAKE FOR A SHORT TIME. THEY HAD JUST PUT ABOUT 10 GALLONS OF GAS INTO THE BOAT AT THE GAS DOCK AND HER HUSBAND TRIED TO START THE BOAT, BUT IT WOULD NOT START. HE HAD ONE OF THE MECHANICS FROM PLEASANT HARBOR COME OVER AND HE WAS TINKERING WITH THE BOAT. SHE SAID THAT HER HUSBAND AND PASSENGER WERE SITTING ON THE BOAT WHILE THE MECHANIC WORKED ON IT. SHE AND A COUPLE OF OTHER FRIENDS WERE WALKING TOWARD THE RESTUARANT WHEN SHE HEARD A SERIES OF POPS. SHE LOOKED BACK TO SEE A LARGE AMOUNT OF SMOKE COMING FROM THE BOAT. THE FIRE WAS QUICKLY EXTINGUISHED AND EVERYONE WAS ABLE TO GET OFF OF THE BOAT. UPON EXAMINING THE BOAT THE PORT SIDE WAS AGAINST THE DOCK. THE ENGINE COVER WAS OPEN. THE GAS FILTER IS LOCATED ON THE PORT SIDE ON THE REAR HALF OF THE BOAT. JUST FORWARD OF THE FUEL FILTER WAS AN OPEN ELECTRICAL ACCESS PORT, THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF THIS AREA BEING ON FIRE. MOST OF THE BOAT WAS COVERED IN CHEMICAL AGENT FROM THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER USED TO PUT OUT THE FIRE. THERE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY INDICATION OF ANY SIGNIFICANT FIRE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. MOST OF THE FIRE DAMAGE APPEARS TO BE LIMITED TO THE AREA AROUND THE ELECTRICAL ACCESS PANEL JUST FORWARD OF THE GAS FILLER. PLEASANT HARBOR MARINA WERE GOING TO TRAILER THE BOAT FOR SAFEKEEPING. BOTH INJURED PARTIES WERE TRANSPORTED TO MARICOPA MEDICAL CENTER, BURN CENTER, FOR THEIR BURNS AND POSSIBLE INHALATION INJURIES. NO FURTHER ACTION TAKEN AT THIS TIME.
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