RedactedNarrative: On Thursday, January 08, 2015 at approximately   1110 hrs I and FCW Officer were on land patrol in the vicinity of Haulover Park.  A Haulover Park Ranger informed us about a vessel engulfed on fire. As we approached to the scene by land we observed people in the water and a vessel drifting southbound through the ICW. We made contact to our dispatch center and advised the situation. The people in the water were later identified as the operator/owner with several others. While they were in the water a Good Samaritan took them out from the water. Sea Tow salvaged the drifting vessel, later identified as a 36' cabin vessel bearing Canada registration QC2234692. I directed both vessels to the Haulover fuel dock where I started the boating accident investigation.  
  
  The Operator requested EMS for his daughter Occupant who had lacerations on both eyes. Fire Rescue arrived at the fuel dock to ensure that the vessel was safe to board. I made contact with the owner/operator and asked him what had occurred. He stated that he was testing the vessel due to a recently repair on the engines. He was going idle speed and the people onboard were located around a table on top of the engine compartment, when he throttled up, the vessel engine compartment exploded and the small table hit Occupant on her face causing lacerations  on her eyes  and with the impact  she was ejected from the vessel as well one other. The operator stated that the vessel started to catch on fire and he decided to abandon the vessel along with the other occupants onboard.
  
   Miami-Dade Fire Rescue conducted an on scene investigation to determine the cause of the fire. There conclusion is the following; there was liquid gasoline in the engine compartment, which created gasoline vapor, when the operator throttle forward  the gasoline moved to the bilge pump and somehow it created an electrical spark that produced an explosion.  The fire did not disperse through the vessels because the vessel was equipped with an automatic fire extinguish system. The Miami-Dade Fire Rescue investigation can be found by calling Miami-Dade Central Command and the case number is 5005454. There were no injuries beyond EMS treatment. 
   
   