THE OPERATOR HAD RECENTLY HAD HIS BOAT DEWINTERIZED. OPERATOR WAS ABOUT 2.5 MILES FROM HIS DOCK WHEN AND ENGINE ALARM SOUNDED. OPERATER SHUT DOWN THE ENGINES THEN OPENED THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT . HE OBSERVED SMOKE AND USED THE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS ON THE SMOLDERING ENGINE. OFFICER BELIEVES THAT THE FIRE WAS POSSIBLY DUE TO AN IMPROPER DEWINTERIZATION OR THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A PREEXISTING PROBLEM WITH THE VESSEL'S ENGINE.;
LAKE OZARK                    