VESSEL 1 WAS NORTH BOUND TOWARD BOAT SLIPS TO PUT VESSEL BACK IN SLIP.  OPERATOR STATED THAT HE RECENTLY HAD THE VESSEL SERVICED.  HE ALSO STATED THAT THE VESSEL HAD BEEN RUNNING ROUGH WHEN THEY HAD LEFT THE SLIP EARLIER BUT THAT THE LONGER IT RAN THE BETTER IT SEEMED TO BE RUNNING.  HE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE THE GAS WAS OLD.  HE SAID HE HEARD AN IGNITION SOUND WHEN HE LOOKED BACK AT THE ENGINE, IT WAS ON FIRE.  HE STATED THE FLAMES WERE SHOOTING OUT SO VIOLENTLY THAT HE AND THE PASSENGERS ONLY HAD TIME TO PUT ON LIFEJACKETS AND SWIM TO SHORE.  THE AREA OF THE ACCIDENT WAS APPROX 1/4 MILE EAST OF SAND POINT BOAT DOCKS AND APPROX 1/4 MILE SOUTH OF THE SOURTHERN POINT OF WILLOW SPRINGS AND APPROX 1/4 MILE WEST OF THE BOAT RAMP AT WILLOW SPRINGS.  The fuel system was determined to have a leak.
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