OPERATOR OF VESSEL ONE HAD FILLED BOTH FUEL TANKS WITH 70 GALLONS OF FUEL AND PROCEEDED  TO OPERATE THE VESSEL AWAY FROM THE MARINA. WHEN OPERATOR STARTED ENGINES THERE WAS A LOUD HISSING NOISE. PASSSENGER STATED THAT SHE ASKED OPERATOR IF THAT WAS NORMAL AND OPERATOR SAID NO. AT THAT POINT THE VESSEL EXPLODED THEN THREW PASSENGER OUT INTO THE REAR ENGINE COMPARTMENT. WHEN PASSENGER LOOKED BACK INTO THE VESSEL, PASSENGER SAW OPERATOR FACE DOWN BEHIND THE DRIVERS SEAT. THAT IS WHEN SHE JUMPED OFF THE VESSEL AS THE FIRE WAS SO BAD SHE COULD NOT HELP THE OPERATOR.   WITNESSES STATED THEY HEARD A LOUD EXPOLOSION  AND SAW VESSEL NUMBER ONE SMOKING AND DEBRIS FALLING FROM THE SKY. WITNESSES THEN STATED THEY SAW A FEMALE EMERGE FROM THE VESSEL AND JUMP INTO THE LAKE AND THEN WAS PULLED FROM THE WATER ONTO A FUEL ISLAND DOCK AND GIVEN MEDICAL ATTENTION.  WITNESSES STATED THEY SAW THE VESSEL BECOME ENGULFED IN FLAMES SHORTLY AFTER THE EXPLOSION. THE VESSEL DRIFTED WEST INTO THE WORK DOCK. WHILE DRIFTING VESSEL ONE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH FIVE OTHER VESSELS CAUSING DAMAGE AND LOSS TO THE OTHERS.
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