BOAT OPERATOR& PASSENGER WERE CRUISING WEST ON LAKE GENEVA WHEN THEY HEARD 'CLICKING' SOUNDS FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. MOMENTS LATER SMOKE BEGAN BELLOWING FROM THE ENGINE COWLING. OPERATOR USED FIRE EXTINGUISHER & SPRAYED CONTENTS INTO THE STERN VENTS. WHEN THE PASSENGER OPENED THE DOOR OF THE FRONT COMPARTMENT, SMOKE BEGAN BELLOWING FROM THERE. OPERATOR & PASSENGER THEN JUMPED OFF THE BOAT. THE ABANDONED BOAT WHILE ON FIRE DRIFTED INTO SHORE & STARTED PIER 85 ON FIRE. FIRE DAMAGED THE PIER 85 LIFTS. AND THE BOAT WAS CONSUMED BY THE FIRE.  OPERATOR & PASSENGER WERE RESCUED BY PASSING BOATER.
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