AT APPROXIMATELY 6:30PM ON JUNE 4, 2011, operator WAS OPERATING A BOAT ON LAKE LOOKOUT WITH 3 PASSENGERS (WIFE AND 2 CHILDREN).  THIS BOAT WILL BE NAMED AS VESSEL 1.  WHILE Operator AND HIS FAMILY WERE DRIFTING ON VESSEL 1, HE NOTED SMELLING FUEL.  HE WALKED TO THE BACK OF THE VESSEL AND LIFTED THE COVER.  UPON OPENING THE COVER, FLAMES ERUPTED FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.  Operator USED HIS TYPE ABC1 FIRE EXTINGUISHER BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN PUTTING OUT THE FIRE.  TWO OTHER BOATS CAME TO THE SCENE AND GOT Operator AND HIS FAMILY OFF OF THE VESSEL WHILE IT WAS IN FLAMES.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES, BUT VESSEL ONE WAS A TOTAL LOSS.  OXFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED WITH A FIRE AND RESCUE VESSEL TO PUT OUT THE FIRE AND TOWED VESSEL 1 TO THE LOOKOUT DAM ACCESS AREA.  AFTER ALL HOT SPOTS WERE EXTINGUISHED, VESSEL 1 WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE OWNER'S RESIDENCE.
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