VESSEL ONE WAS BEING OPERATED WHEN IT RAN OUT OF FUEL IN THE MARINA HARBOR. TO GET BACK TO THE FUEL PIER PERSONS ON BOARD TRIED TO POUR SOME FUEL FROM AN ALUMINUM RESERVE TANK INTO THE MAIN PLASTIC TANK. WHILE LIFTING THE ALUMINUM TANK TO TRANSFER THE FUEL THE TANK BECAME TOO HEAVY TO HOLD SO THEY SAT IT DOWN ON TOP OF A BATTERY.  DUE TO THE REACTION CAUSED BY THE BATTERY IT BURNED A HOLE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE taNK AND STARTED A FIRE. VESSEL ONE BECAME TOTALLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES BECAUSE OF THE GAS AND ALL THE TRASH ONBOARD.  BOTH PERSONS ONBOARD VESSEL ONE ABANDONED THE VESSEL. WHILE ADRIFT AND ON FIRE, VESSEL ONE FLOATED INTO THE VESSEL FOUR THAT WAS MOORED TO THE DOCK WITH VESSELS TWO AND THREE TIED TO THE BACK. VESSEL FOUR  HAD MINOR  DAMAGE. VESSEL TWO WAS A TOTAL LOSS. VESSEL THREE HAD SOME DAMAGE DUE TO FIRE ON THE SEAT AND RUB RAILING. THE FIRE ALSO CAUSED DAMAGE TO VESSEL FIVE THAT WAS ON THE BACK DECK OF VESSEL FOUR.  THE INJURED DOCK MANAGER BOARDED VESSEL FOUR AND TRIED TO PUSH VESSEL ONE AWAY TO PREVENT THE FIRE FROM SPREADING BUIT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES A SERVICE VESSEL WAS ABLE TO THROW A FAFFING HOOK ONTO VESSEL ONE AND PULL IT TO OPEN WATER. ONCE IN OPEN WATER THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED. AS A RESULT, THE INJURED EFFORT TO TRYING TO PUSH VESSEL ONE AWAY FROM VESSEL FOUR HE RECEIVED SECOND DEGREE BURNS TO HIS LEFT ARM AND SHOULDER AND REFUSED TO BE TRANSPORTED BY ems BUT LATER DROVE HIMSELF TO THE HOPSITAL FOR TREATMENT. BOTH PERSONS ON BOARD VESSEL ONE STATED THAT THE TRASH VESSEL DID NOT HAVE A FIRE EXTINGUISHER ONBOARD. ALCOHOL/DRUGS WHERE NOT A FACTOR IN THIS ACCIDENT. PDF'S WHRE NOT BEING WORN OR USED ON VESSEL ONE.
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