RedactedNarrative: On 2/9/2018, a vessel on the bayside of mm101 in Key Largo, caught fire likely due to a fuel system issue in the outboard engine. 
  
  There were two brothers onboard. 
  
  According to interviews, the two had just finished idling out of the residential canal and the engine would then not accelerate past idle. The engine was releasing black smoke and ultimately shut off. The operator attempted start the engine again and on the 3rd time he turned the ignition key, there was an explosion within the cowling of the outboard engine. The engine caught fire and The operator facetimed his dad who was on shore. The call came in at 6:10PM. The operator advised his dad of the situation and jumped off the boat with his brother. An unidentified good Samaritan picked the operator and the passenger out of the water and took them back to land. Neither occupant suffered any injuries. 
  The father and the mother, along with their neighbor, boarded the neighbor’s vessel and navigated to the Hewes which was now on fire. When they arrived at the vessel, the father put the fire out with a fire extinguisher. They proceeded to tow the now disabled vessel back to their lift.
  