DEM EPO'S WERE CALLED TO RESPOND TO A BOAT ON FIRE OFF OF BLACK PT. IN NARRAGANSETT BAY.  ACCORDING TO REPORTS THE BOAT WAS COMPLETELY ENGULFED IN FLAMES WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED.  THE COAST GUARD STATED THAT ONE PERSON WAS ON BOARD WHO JUMPED IN THE WATER AND WAS RESCUED BY ANOTHER BOATER.   DEM OFFICERS OBSERVED THE FIRE FROM THEIR PATROL BOAT AND REPORTED THAT THE FIRE WAS APPEARED TO COME FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.  THE BOAT WAS A 38' FORMULA, "JACKIE B" OWNED AND OPERATED BY operator.  operator1 STATED TO LT.  THAT THE PORT ENGINE STOPPED.  HE PROCEDED TO OPEN THE HATCH AND OBSERVED  A FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.  THE INTERNAL BUILT-IN FIRE EXTINGUISHER WENT OFF BRIEFLY BUT THE FIRE CONINTUED TO GROW.  operator1 THEN WENT TO THE BOW OF THE BOAT, WHEN THE FLAMES GREW HE GRABBED A FENDER AND JUMPED INTO THE WATER.  HE WAS IN THE WATER FOR 10-15 MINUTES BEFORE BEING RESCUED, THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  EPO'S REMAINED ON SCENE AND OBSERVED THE FIRE.  OFFICERS REPORTED THAT A LARGE AMOUNT OF STEAM BEGAN EMANATING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THE REAR OF THE BOAT.  THE BOAT THEN WENT UNDER WATER.  THE VESSEL WENT BOW UP AND SANK COMPLETELY LEAVING A LARGE AMOUNT OF FIRE ON THE WATER.  THE BOAT SANK IN APPROXIMATELY 85' OF WATER.
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