VESSEL 1 WAS A 25'6" 2000 FOUR WINNS OPEN MOTORBOAT WITH 2 PEOPLE ON BOARD.  GAME WARDEN SAW FLAMES COMING FROM A BEACHED VESSEL IN A COVE.  GAME WARDEN OPERATED OVER TO THAT LOCATION AS ANOTHER BOAT IS COMING OUT OF THE SAME COVE.  GAME WARDEN CONTACTED THE VESSEL AND THEY INFORMED HER THAT THEY HAD THE 2 PEOPLE FROM THAT VESSEL.  GAME WARDEN ASKED WHAT HAPPENED AND THE OWNER OF THE VESSEL STATED THAT THE BOAT NEXT TO HIM HAD A DEAD BATTERY, SO OPERATOR 1 TOOK HIS BATTERY OUT TO START THE OTHER BOAT WHEN OPERATOR 1 PUT THE BATTERY BACK INTO HIS BOAT, TURNED ON THE PERKO, IT SPARKED THEN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT STARTED SMOKING.  SO OPERATOR 1 AND PASSENGER GOT OFF HIS BOAT AND GOT ONTO THE OTHER BOAT IN THE COVE AND CAME OUT. FROM THE INVESTIGATION, IT APPEARS THE FIRE STARTED FROM HAVING A LARGE AMOUNT OF FUEL FUMES IN THE BILGE AREA, ADDED WITH A SPARK FROM THE BATTERY/PERKO.  THE VESSEL WAS JUST FILLED WITH GASOLINE, WHICH COULD CAUSE THERE TO BE A LARGE AMOUNT OF FUEL FUMES TO BE IN THE BILGE AREA.  THE BLOWER THAT GETS RID OF THE FUMES, ON AN INBOARD/OUTBOARD ENGINE, WAS NOT ON BUT THAT IS BECAUSE THE BATTERY HAD JUST BEEN PUT BACK IN.  NO ONE WAS CITED AND NO ONE WAS INJURED.  GAME WARDEN COULD SMELL ALCOHOL.  ESTIMATE DAMAGE $19,000.00, FIRE DAMAGE TO WATER LINE.
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