ON MONDAY, 7/5/2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 1230 HOURS, operator AND HIS DAUGHTER WERE FISHING FROM HIS 17 FOOT BASS TRACKER WHEN THEY HEARD A LOUD BANG. THEY OBSERVED THE REAR SEAT FLYING THROUGH THE AIR AND UPON INVESTIGATING FOUND FLAMES SHOOTING FROM THE NOZZLE OF A SIX GALLON TANK WHICH WAS NOT HOOKED UP TO THE MOTOR. HE ATTEMPTED TO GRAB THE TANK WITH A RAG BUT IT IGNITED. THE FLAME FROM THAT TANK IGNITED THE OTHER SIX GALLON TANK. BOTH OCCUPANTS THEN JUMPED INTO THE WATER. THE BOAT WAS ONLY ADRIFT. IT APPEARED THAT VAPORS POSSIBLY BUILT UP AND THAT THE BATTERY OR AUTOMATIC BILGE COULD HAVE CAUSED A SPARK WHICH IGNITED THE VAPORS.
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