RedactedNarrative: On August 09, 2020 in Gulf County Florida on the Apalachicola river, southeast of Gaskin Landing Park, a single vessel (Personal Watercraft) incident occurred resulting in serious bodily injury to one of the occupants. 
  
  Two people had departed Gaskin Park Landing earlier in the day for an excursion on the Apalachicola river in which they were intent on cruising and wake/knee boarding. In the late afternoon hours approximately 4:30 PM local time, the Honda PWC impeller was fouled with towline and became disabled. 
  
  The PWC and occupants were beached along a stretch of the river known locally as the "Sandbar". They attempted to extract the fouled line by rolling the PWC over and accessing the impeller. Upon removing the line, the PWC was righted and found to have accumulated water in the bilge area. The PWC was again rolled over to drain water and a distinct presence of fuel was noted in the bilge as well. 
  
  As the PWC was being manipulated on its side, the unsecured battery and exposed terminals initiated an electrical discharge igniting the fuel vapor. The resulting flash explosion caught victim in its path and exposed her to burns and vapor inhalation causing serious injury. She was transported back to the landing by a good Samaritan boater and turned over to Gulf County EMS.
  
  Victim sustained burns to her face, throat, neck, upper torso, arms and hands as a result of a flash vapor fire ignition of gasoline fumes. She was initially treated by EMS shoreside at Gaskin Park, transported to Ascension Bay Medical Hospital in Panama City, Florida and subsequently taken to WellStar Cobb Burn Center in Austell, Georgia.
  