RedactedNarrative: On 5-18-2018 around 5:37 PM I received a call of a boat exploding at Paradise Point Marina. When ALEA marine patrol arrived on the scene they found a boat adrift near a shoreline on the north side of the inlet. The boat was still on fire, because it had drifted too far away for the fire department to engage. The boat came to rest in some weeds next to the shoreline. The operator had left the scene to take the passenger to the hospital. The passenger was burnt during the explosion and fire.
  
  Operator and his girlfriend had met the owner of the boat at Paradise Point Marina to test drive and possibly purchase the 1991 Malibu ski boat. When they put the boat in the water, it would not start and they then realized it was out of gas. After fueling the boat, Operator asked if the blower was working because he could not hear it. Owner told him it should be on. After several attempts to start the motor and no luck Owner went to get help from the marina. Operator advised that someone from the marina came down and took the cover off the carburetor and sprayed starter fluid into the carburetor. After several more attempts the motor started. Owner let Occupant get in the boat and said that she and Operator could take a ride and he would just wait on them at the marina. As Operator put the motor in reverse, it shut off again and when he attempted to start it there was an explosion in the engine compartment sending flames throughout the boat. Both Occupant and Operator jumped overboard to get away from the flames. The marina owner jumped in the water pushing the burning boat away from his dock. Occupant had burns on the lower part of her back and the back of her legs.
  
  
  On 5-19-2018 I returned to the scene to make a recovery on the vessel if it had cooled enough to do so. At that time the vessel was nowhere to be seen. I ran side scan in the area to see if had sunk, but could not find it on the graph. I checked the area downstream for over a mile and did not locate the vessel. The empty trailer was still sitting at Paradise Point so I do not believe it was removed from the water.
  