On the 29th day of May, operator fueled his vessel with 30 gallons of gasoline at a marina on the water.  As operator manuevered his vessel out of the marine a loud explosion occured shooting flames from the motor compartment.  3 of the passengers jumped into the water as operator stayed on board to try and put out the fire.  Due to the location of the fire extinguisher operator could not get to it.  A second vessel brought a extinguisher to operator but it failed to extinguish the fire.  operator exited the vessel and it burned down and sank.
Investigator with TPWD completed the report.
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