On May 6 2012 I (FWC) officer was dispatched to residence in Eastpoint Florida to talk to operator about a boating accident that he was involved in on April 30 2012 where he was burned. operator said that he and four other men were offshore fishing when he smelled gas fumes in the boat. operator advised that he then opened the door to the bilge pump to see if could see any gas in the water in the bottom of the boat. operator then stuck his right hand and arm down into the bilge to see if the water in bottom of the boat was gas. When he did he bumped a bilge pump wire causing an electrical spark igniting the the gas fumes in the bilge blowing him back out of the bilge and burning him on his face right hand and arm and back. operator furthermore stated that the fire was extinguished quickly causing no other damage to the boat. He was then transported to Weems Hospital in Apalachicola Florida and treated for 1st and 2nd degree burns on his face right hand and arm and back. ; 
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