V1 OPERATOR NOTICED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHILE CRUISING THE ICW.  V1 OPERATOR THREW HIS ANCHOR OVERBOARD AS THIS DEPUTY WAS PULLING UP TO THE VESSEL, THE OCCUPANTS JUMPED OVERBOARD AND WERE PICKED UP BY A PASSING BOAT.  THE VESSEL HAD AN ACTIVE FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND FLAMES WERE AS HIGH AS 3 FEET OFF THE DECK.  THE VESSEL WAS PULLED TO THE BEACH LOCATED NEARBY, WHERE THE FLAMES EXTINGUISHED THEMSELVES.  POMPANO BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT CHECKED THE VESSEL OUT FOR ANY FURTHER DANGER.  SEA TOW TOWED THE VESSEL BY OWNERS REQUEST.  IT APPEARS THAT THE VESSEL CAUGHT FIRE DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED BY THE OCCUPANTS.  THERE WERE TWO PERSONS ABOARD V1, BUT ONLY THE OPERATOR WAS LISTED.
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