RedactedNarrative: OPERATOR 1 EXPLAINED VESSEL 1 WAS IN HER SLIP AND SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS LOWERING THE OUTBOARD MOTOR INTO THE DOWN POSITION BUT, WAS RAISING IT INSTEAD. 
  
  WHILE THE MOTOR WAS RISING, A WIRE WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE MOTOR AND MOTOR MOUNTING BRACKET. HEAVY SMOKE BEGAN TO EMIT FROM THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT. THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER ONBOARD WAS USED ALONG WITH OTHER FIRE EXTINGUISHERS FROM NEARBY SLIP HOLDERS TO EXTINGUISH ANY FLAMES. 
  
  I EXAMINED THE BOAT AND OBSERVED WIRES CONNECTED TO THE BATTERY TERMINALS WERE BURNED ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL WIRING ON THE STARBOARD SIDE NEAR THE BOAT'S STERN. THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE TO OTHER WIRING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, AND THE MOTOR IS UNKNOWN