On 9/7/09 operator was attempting to start a dock when it exploded and threw him overboard and into Lake Blackshear.  operator was not injured by the explosion.  The vessel immediately caught on fire after the blast.  grandfather of the vessel operator and owner of the property where the blast occurred, later stated that his grandson had just filled the vessel tank with gas which was subject to explode.  After the vessel began to burn, the wind blew it southward where it lodged beside the dock and boathouse of the lake home.  At this location the vessel caused fire damage to part of the dock and boathouse structure.  Worth County Fire Department personnel arrived on the scene and applied water to the burning vessel, dock, and boathouse.  The burning vessel then drifted away from the charred structure and back toward the middle of Flournoy Branch.  another Vessel operator then tied a rope to the burning vessel and towed it out and away from Flournoy Branch with a jet ski.  He towed it in the direction of the Crisp County Power Dam and secured it to an earthen section of the dam and away from any other structures.
Warwick                       