RedactedNarrative: On July 2, 2022, at approximately 1800 hours, LDWF communications received a call about a vessel on fire on the Tickfaw River at Leisure Landing. The call stated that motorized vessel was moored to the dock at Leisure Landing on the Tickfaw River in Springfield, LA.  
  
  The owner/operator and other adult passenger took the cover off the inboard motor to work on it, while the daughter was sitting on the back of the vessel. While checking the engine out it burst into flames, knocking Operator on the dock and Daughter, who was wearing a PFD into the water.  Operator and Occupant jumped into the water, to stop the burning and to get Daughter out of the water.  The fire was put out by the Fire Department and Acadian Aired transported Occupant and Acadian ambulance transported Operator to the hospital for treatment. There was at least 1 PFD on board which Daughter used, and they had fire extinguishers on the vessel, but the flames kept them from getting to them.  Alcohol does not seem to be a factor in the incident but fault of machinery.
  