RedactedNarrative: On June 16th, 2021. Operator and Passenger were cruising on a 1990 Bayliner near Bethel Fishing center on the Yeopim River. The engine died and they threw the anchor out. Operator then tried starting the engine with no success. He opened the engine bay and was adjusting the carburetor. He then told Passenger to start the engine. Once she did that, the engine/ carburetor backfired, and the engine bay caught on fire. They both jumped out of the boat and a witness at Bethel Fishing Center got on his boat and rescued them out of the water. EMS and fire got on scene and tried to put the fire out on the boat, it eventually sank.