RedactedNarrative: Owner was on board when he smelled smoke and saw a glow coming from the engine compartment.  He opened the hatch it caused a flare up.  He grabbed a hose on the dock and started applying water to the fire until fire department arrived.  He suffered injury.  Cause of accident was believed to be a battery charger that was connected to the shore power which malfunctioned and melted. Operator still to this date has not completed and returned a boating accident report and has been cited for failure to file.  11/13/14 Received operator's report and have updated any missing information.