RedactedNarrative: The subject OPERATOR 1 was operating his boat on the Kentucky River in Frankfort, KY when it caught on fire. Myself and another officer were dispatched to a boat fire on the Kentucky River at 1425 on April 3, 2020. We were told that the boat was on KY river, pool 4, just below Glenns Creek Rd in Frankfort, KY. By the time we arrived in Franklin Co, Dispatch informed us that the fire was extiguished, the vessel had sunk with approximatly 4 feet of the of the bow still above water, was tied to the bank, and everyone had cleared the scene. They also told us that the boat operator was taken back to his vehicle at Benson Creek boat ramp. 
  
  Officer and I looked along side the bank at Glenns Creek Rd, but did not see a boat in the water. In the time that we made it to Glenns Creek Rd to look for the boat OPERATOR 1 had taken his boat trailer to his house. We then met OPERATOR 1 at the Benson Creek boat ramp for an interview. Officer made first contact with OPERATOR 1 and started the interview. OPERATOR 1 informed us that it was his first time out on the water with this vessel and that he just bought the boat back in September of 2019. 
  
  OPERATOR 1 also told us that he just picked his boat up out of the shop, Land and Sea Boat Repair in Cincinatti, the week before and that they told him to run the gas out of it, then run 10 -12 gallons of fresh gas through it to clean out the fuel system. OPERATOR 1 told us that it was the closest shop to Frankfort that worked on Inboard motors. 
  
  OPERATOR 1 then stated that he put the two cans of fresh gas in the cuddy of his boat to be used as ballast, as the vessel's bow was riding high in the water. OPERATOR 1 made it to the I-64 bridge before having any problem with the boat, where the vessel then stalled out and died. When OPERATOR 1 attemted to start the vessel he stated that he heard a squealing noise and noticed smoke coming out of the engine compartment. OPERATOR 1 said he was able to manuever the boat over to the bank with a paddle before jumping off and swimming to the shore, at this point the engine compartment was fully engulfed in flames. OPERATOR 1 called 911 from the bank. The fire department came and attempted to put the fire out, but noticed the fuel canisters in the bow of the boat and had to keep their distance. The vessel then sank as previously described and the fire was extinguished. 
  
  The following week we got in touch with a state fire marshall to begin our investiagation. On April 9th Carry's Tow and Recovery Service came and got the boat out of the water. Myself, Officer, and the State Fire Marshall watched them take the boat out of the water from a patrol boat. The tow service was doing the operation from Glenns Creek Rd. Carry's was able to get the boat onto a roll back tow truck and take it to their shop, where we could investgate further. The state fire marshall took samples from the boat. We found remainders of what seemed to be two gas cans in the bow of the vessel that OPERATOR 1 stated he used for ballast on the boat. The samples that the State Fire Marshall took along with the remains of the gas cans were all booked into eveidence.    
  
  On May 11 2020, State Fire Marshall notified us that he had concluded his investigation and was writing up his report as unfounded.