VESSEL #1 OCCUPANT SMELLED AN ODOR OF FUEL IN THE BILGE.  OPERATOR TURNED ON THE BILGE INSTEAD OF THE BLOWER AND A FIRE/EXPLOSION OCCURRED.  OPERATOR WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE BOAT WITH THE OTHER OCCUPANTS.  OPERATOR SUSTAINED BURNS ON 30% OF HIS BODY AND IS AT JACKSON BURN UNIT.  NO ONE ELSE WAS INJURED.  VESSEL 1 BECAME FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES AND SPREAD TO VESSEL 2 AND THEN VESSEL 3.  FIRE DEPT, WAS ABLE TO PUT OUT THE FIRE.  VESSEL 1 AND 2 ARE A TOTAL LOSS.  VESSEL 1 WAS REMOVED FROM THE WATER AND DISPOSED OF BY TOWBOAT US.  VESSEL 2 OWNER STATED HE HAS NO INS. OR MONEY TO REMOVE HIS BESSEL.  IT HAS BEEN PLACED IN FWC AT RISK VESSEL DATABASE.  VESSEL 3 HAD PORT SIDE DAMAGE AND DOEES NOT APPEAR TO BE AN AT RISK BOAT.    VESSEL 4 WAS A TENDER FOR VESSEL 1 AND VESSEL 4 SUNK DURING THE FIRE.  APT COMPLEX HAS TWO PILINGS DAMAGED DURING FIRE.;
FT. LAUDERDALE