AS VESSEL LEFT THE DOCK OPERATOR AND PASSENGERS BEGAN TO SMELL SMOKE.  THE OPERATOR TURNED AROUND TO GO BACK TO THE DOCK AND FLAMES BECAME VISIBLE FROM THE ENGINE AREA. THE PASSENGERS PUT ON PFDS AND JUMPED OVERBOARD. THE OPERATOR CONTINUED TOWARD THE DOCK BUT WAS INSTRUCTED TO GET OF THE BOAT. SEVERAL FIRE EXTINGUISHERS WERE USED BUT THEY DID NOT PUT OUT THE FIRE. ALEX CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND EXTINGUSIHED THE FIRE. THERE WAS MODERATE DAMAGE TO THE VESSEL.
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