RedactedNarrative: On July 30, 2018 a 22’ Miller skiff caught on fire with four adults and two children onboard in Halibut Cove Lagoon outside of Homer, Alaska. All six abandoned the vessel. The other five individuals were wearing inherently buoyant PFDs. The operator was wearing a Mustang Elite. His PFD did not automatically inflate and he was unable to deploy the manual inflation. In a panic he discarded some of his clothing (including the PFD), a good Samaritan vessel was able to retrieve all six individuals into their vessel. The operator reported that while in the good Samaritan vessel the PFD eventually inflated (he estimated that it was 20 minutes after immersion). The U.S. Coast Guard was the only agency that responded.