OPERATOR REPORTED THAT HIS VESSEL HAD CAUGHT FIRE WHILE ON THE ALABAMA RIVER. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CRANK HIS VESSEL WHILE DRIFTING HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE COME FROM THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT, THE MOTOR CRANKED AND WHILE UNDERWAY A PASSENGER ADVISED HIM THAT HIS BOAT WAS ON FIRE. OPERATOR THEN BEACHED HIS VESSEL ON A SANDBAR AND ATTEMPTED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.
URIAH                         