ON SUNDAY JUNE 6TH THE OPERATOR OF V1 WAS PREPARING TO TAKE OUT HIS PWC ON LAKE BRADFORD BEHIND HIS HOME. GAS FUMES HAD ESCAPED FROM A CRACKED FUEL SUPPLY LINE NIPPLE ON TOP OF THE FUEL TANK FILLING THE HULL OF THE CRAFT. WHEN POWER WAS SUPPLIED TO THE POSIIVE SIDE OF THE GAUGE THAT SITS ON TOP OF THE FUEL TANK IT IGNITED. THE WIRE IS WHITIN A QUARTER INCH OF THE CRACKED NIPPLE WHERE THE FUMES WERE ESCAPING CAUSING THE EXPLOSION AND SUBSEQUENT SMALL FIRE.
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