BEFORE HEADING OUT TO DO SOME FISHING THE OWNERS OF A 18-FOOT GLASTRON LAUNCHED THEIR BOAT INTO THE HUDSON, MANUEVERED IT TO THE DOCK, AND TIED OFF WHIEL THEY MOVED THEIR TRUCK/TRAILER BEFORE HEADING OUT.  WHILE AWAY FROM THE BOAT, IT BURST INTO FLAMES, AND BURNED TO THE WATERLINE BEFORE FIRE TRUCKS COULD ARRIVE.  THEY WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT SINCE THERE WAS LITTLE EVIDENCE LEFT OVER, BUT IT WAS PRESUMED TO BE THE IGNITION OF GAS OR VAPORS.  ONLY A CURSORY REPORT WAS MADE BY THE FIRE DEPARMTENT INVOLVED, SO MUCH OF THE INFORMATION REGARDING THE VESSEL WAS NOT COLLECTED AND IS NOT AVAILABLE.
NYACK                         