RedactedNarrative: I, INDIANA CONSERVATION OFFICER (ICO), WAS PATROLLING IN MONROE COUNTY ON MONROE RESERVOIR IN THE AREA OF FAIRFAX, ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 2021, AT APPROXIMATELY 1727 HOURS, WHEN I WAS DISPATCHED BY ICO DISPATCH FOR A BOAT THAT WAS ON FIRE IN THE AREA OF CUTRIGHT. I ARRIVED IN THE CUTRIGHT AREA AT APPROXIMATELY 1735 HOURS TO FIND A 1992 BAJA  THAT HAD BEEN ON FIRE.  I LOCATED THE OWNER OF THE 1992 BAJA, A WHITE MALE LATER IDENTIFIED BY NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH, ON A DIFFERENT BOAT. 
  I SPOKE WITH Operator WHO EXPLAINED HE BELIEVED THE FIRE WAS OUT.  I HAD SOMEONE VOLUNTEER TO HELP TOW THE 1992 BAJA OVER TO THE DOCKS AT CUTRIGHT.  THE VOLUNTEER DONNED A PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICE (PFD) AND BOARDED MY BOAT.  THE VOLUNTEER AND I WERE ABLE TO TOW THE BOAT OVER TO THE DOCKS AT CUTRIGHT.  ONCE AT CUTRIGHT, MONROE COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT (MCFD) FIRE DEPARTMENT BOARDED THE 1992 BAJA TO DEAL WITH THE FIRE SITUATION.   
  I WENT BACK TO THE BOAT WAS ON, SO I COULD SPEAK WITH HIM.  ON MY WAY OVER TO PICK UP Operator, THE OTHER OCCUPANTS ON THAT BOAT BEGAN YELLING THAT SOMEONE ON THEIR BOAT WAS HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING DUE TO SMOKE INHALATION.  I HAD Operator DON PFD AND BOARD MY BOAT SO I COULD TRANSPORT THEM TO CUTRIGHT.  INDIANA UNIVERSITY LIFE LINE GROUND (EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE {EMS}) AMBULANCE MET US AT THE CUTIRGHT BOAT RAMP WHERE HE WAS CHECKED OUT BY THEM.
  Operator EXPLAINED THAT THEY, HE AND HIS WIFE, WAS OPERATING THE 1992 BAJA BACK TO CUTRIGHT FROM MOORE'S CREEK AREA WHEN THEY APPROACHED THE IDLE ZONE AND SLOWED DOWN.  HE STATED THAT WHEN THE 1992 BAJA SLOWED DOWN ENOUGH TO COME OFF PLANE HE OBSERVED SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE VENTILATION SYSTEM SIDE VENTS.  Operator SAID HE TOLD WIFE, WHO WAS OPERATING, TO TURN ON THE VENTILATION BLOWER.  SHE TURNED ON THE VENTILATION BLOWER.  HE STATED THEY BEGAN USING THE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS ON BOARD. 
  
  HE EXPLAINED THAT Witness ENTERED THE ENGINE SPACE WHERE THE FIRE WAS AT AND USED SEVERAL MORE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS FOR A TOTAL OF EIGHT (8) FIRE EXTINGUISHERS USED. 
  AFTER BEING CHECKED OUT BY EMS, Witness SIGNED A STATEMENT OF REFUSAL FOR TRANSPORT AND WAS RELEASED FROM THE AMBULANCE.
  MCFD FIRE DEPARTMENT ADVISED IT APPEARED THE FIRE STARTED NEXT TO THE GENERATOR AND BURNED UP AN OLD BOX ALONG THAT CONTAINED RAGS AND OIL.  MCFD FIRE DEPARTMENT ALSO STATED SOME FIBERGLASS NEAR THE "FIREWALL" BURNED AS WELL.  
  Operator STATED HE HAD THE GENERATOR RUNNING ALL DAY WITH THE AIR CONDITIONING ON.   HE EXPLAINED HE BELIEVED THAT FIRE STARTED EITHER NEAR THE GENERATOR OR THE GENERATOR WAS ON FIRE.  
  AFTER THE MCFD FIRE DEPARTMENT CONFIRMED THAT FIRE WAS OUT, HE TOWED THE 1992 BAJA BACK TO HIS SLIP AT TWO HERONS MARINA.  
  SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 2021
  I SPOKE WITH HIM AND OBTAINED HIS INSURANCE (PROGRESSIVE) DOCUMENTATION FOR THE 1992 BAJA.  Witness WAS PRESENT WHEN I WAS SPEAKING WITH Operator AND HE STATED HE FELT MUCH BETTER THAN THE DAY BEFORE.