RedactedNarrative: THREE SUBJECTS WERE FISHING FROM VESSEL 1 WHEN THEY EXPERIENCED ENGINE TROUBLE (THE ENGINE WOULD NOT START).  AS THEY WERE DRIFTING TOWARD PIERS ALONG THE SHORE OF LAKE GEORGE, THEY HEARD AN EXPLOSION AT THE BACK OF THE PONTOON (LIKELY GAS FUMES IGNITING UNDER THE OUTBOARD ENGINE'S COWLING) FOLLOWED BY SMOKE AND FLAMES ON THE ENGINE.  
  
  THEY ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE FIRE OUT FIRST WITH THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER ON BOARD AND THEN WITH BUCKETS OF WATER.  DURING THIS TIME, THEY TIED UP TO A PIER THEY DRIFTED TO AND EXITED THE VESSEL ONCE THEY DECIDED THEY COULD NO LONGER PUT THE FIRE OUT THEMSELVES.  A BY STANDER CALLED 911 AND THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED.