operator was traveling north on Lake St John in a pontoon boat numbered LA-6692-FC.  His motor started smoking at which point he shut the engine off.  He removed the callon from the motor and found it was on fire.  He attempted to put the fire out with an extinguisher but the fire had spread to the fuel line.  operator and his wife then donned PFD's and swam to the shore.  The boat then burned to the water line.
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