RedactedNarrative: On Saturday, October 24, 2021 at approximately 1200 hrs, Deputy responded to a vessel fire in the vicinity of the Calosahatchee River near channel marker 68 in the ICW,in Lee County, FL. Upon arriving on scene Deputy observed V1, a blue 25' pontoon boat, bearing FL registration FL 6718 TB, in the immediate area with smoke and flames emanating from the outboard engine. 
  
  The operator of V1stated that he was traveling north in the channel out of his canal towards the ICW near channel marker 68 when the vessel began to slow and the engine overheat alarm sounded. The operator of V1 turned the engine off and then restarted the engine but the alarm continued to sound.
  
  Another vessel in the area approached V1 and notified the operator that his engine was smoking. As the operator began to locate his fire extinguisher the engine began to have visible flames coming from the engine cowling. The operator of V1 boarded the good samaritan vessel and called 911 and Sea Tow to assist. The vessels engine was a complete loss due to fire damage. There were no injuries to the operator of V1. V1 was removed from the scene by Sea Tow upon the request of the operator I owner.
  Photo's of the incident were uploaded.
  