OWNER WENT TO CHECK ON BILGE PUMP AND SPARKED IT. THERE WAS GAS IN THE BILGE AND IT EXPLODED EJECTING THE OWNER SIX FEET IN THE AIR OVERBOARD. AS SOON AS THE EXPLOSION OCCURED THE OPERATOR JUMPED OVERBOARD. A GOOD SAMARITAN PULLED THE TWO OCCUPANTS ONTO THEIR BOAT. COAST GUARD PULLED THE BURNT OCCUPANT INTO THEIR BOAT AND BROUGHT THEM BACK TO THE STATION. THEY TURNED THE VICTIM OVER TO EMS.
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