RedactedNarrative: On Sunday, May 3, 2015, Officer was dispatched to a houseboat fire at Lakeview Dock by Union County 911.  Sharps Chapel Volunteer Fire Department was on scene upon Officer arrival.  The houseboat walls and top had collapsed on the boat and were still burning.  A witness stated he had seen some people on the boat earlier in the day but they had left.  Lakeview Dock Manager was able to give Officer the name and address of the vessel owner.  
  
  The phone number on file was not a working number for the vessel owner.  Knox County dispatched a deputy to the address.  The owner of the vessel contacted Officer by cell phone and advised her husband and children had been on the houseboat earlier in the day but they were no longer there. 
  
  According to a statement obtained, a breaker was tripped on the houseboat when they arrived on May 3, 2015.  He stated he flipped the breakers off then back on which started everything working.  He stated they did not cook or stay at the houseboat long while they were at the lake on May 3, 2015.  At the present time the cause of the fire is unknown.