RedactedNarrative: VESSEL OPERATOR STATED THAT THE BOAT ENGINE WOULD NOT START, THEY ATTEMPTED TO USE STARTING FLUID BY SPRAYING IT UNDER THE COWLING OF THE OUTBOARD ENGINE WHEN IT EXPLODED. THEY ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE FIRE OUT WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER HOWEVER THE FIRE CONTINUED TO BURN. THEY WERE ABLE TO GET BACK TO SHORE USING A STAND UP PADDLE BOARD WHERE THEY WAITED FOR ASSISTANCE.