OPERATOR STATED HE HAD JUST LAUNCHED THE BOAT AND WHILE WAITING FOR HIS WIFE TO PARK THEIR VEHICLE HE TOOK THE BOAT FOR A QUICK SPIN AROUND THE LAKE AND NOTICED SMOKE AND FLAMES COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. OPERATOR ATTEMPTED WITH TWO FIRE EXTINGUISHERS ON BOARD TO PUT THE FLAMES OUT BUT WHEN HE RAISED THE MOTOR COMPARTMENT DOOR THE FIRE GREW RAPIDLY. OPERATOR MADE THE DECISION TO GRAB HIS WIFE'S PURSE AND A LIFE JACKET WHEN A BOAT PASSING BY NOTICED OPERATOR NEEDED SOME HELP. OPERATOR BOARDED ANOTHER BOAT AND WAS TRANSPORTED BACK TO SHORE AND AWAITED OUR ARRIVAL. 

		I SPOKE TO wife AND SHE STATED SHE HAD JUST LAUNCHED THE BOAT WITH THEIR VEHICLE AND PULLED IT UP TO PARK IT. NEXT SHE STATED SHE RETURNED ON FOOT TO THE RAMP AND HER HUSBAND DID NOT RETURN RIGHT AWAY BUT EVENTUALLY RETURNED ON BOARD ANOTHER BOAT.
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