RedactedNarrative: On Sunday, August 27, I, Officer responded to a boat fire in the Choctawhatchee Bay near Crab Island. A 35 foot “go-fast” boat was heading to Crab Island when smoke started coming out of the engine compartment. 
  
  The operator had his two passengers put on life jackets and move to the front of the boat away from the fire. A good Samaritan on a nearby boat saw the smoke coming from the boat and went over to help. All three passengers were able to safely get on the good Samaritan’s boat and away from the fire. 
  
  The “go-fast” boat was quickly engulfed in flames and drifted to the shoreline approximately one quarter mile West of Coast Guard Station Destin. The Destin Fire Rescue boat and Niceville Fire Rescue boat worked together to fully extinguish the fire. The owner had the boat removed from the water the same day.