RedactedNarrative: On June 19, 2021 at approximately 1208 hours, I, Nevada State Game Warden 1, received a text message from Nevada State Park Ranger 2 (Ranger 2) while on a sick day off. Ranger 2 advised me that he had been called to a vessel fire located at Beach 11, Lahontan Reservoir in Lyon County, Nevada at 2 0730 hours on the morning of June 19, 2021. Ranger 2 also sent me two pictures showing a mostly burnt hull of a fiberglass ski-style vessel beached at Beach 11. Ranger 2 advised me that the owner of the vessel was unable to recover the vessel to a trailer but that park staff would recover the vessel the following monday, June 21, 2021 and store it at the Lahontan storage yard for safe keeping. I followed up with Ranger 2 when I was back on my regular work day on Friday, June 22, 2021. The vessel was parked at the storage yard, located at Lahontan, when I arrived to follow up. I inspected the vessel and took photographs of the remains. I noticed that the vessel had a sonar transducer on the stern and the wiring was routed to the port side of the vessel and into the opening where the engine compartment vent should have been routed. This indicated that the venting hose may not have been present.
  
  I met with Ranger 2 to obtain a copy of his incident report and gather details from the scene. Ranger 2's report states that the vessel owner/operator, had the blower vent running and the motor cover open when he started the vessel. The report continues, stating that as Operator backed away from shore, he heard what he believed to be a backfire which then blew the motor covor off. The report describes that Operator could see flames coming from the top and bottom of the motor. Operator attempted to reach the onboard fire extinguisher but was unable to due to the heat of the fire. Operator and the other unidentified vessel occupant jumped from the vessel, as they were still close to shore, and pulled the vessel to the beach.
  
  When Ranger 2 arrived on scene, Central Lyon County Fire Brush Truck 37 was on scene extinguishing the remaining flames. The vessel was fully burnt on the inside with little remaining uncharred fiberglass on the outside. When I had a chance to inspect the vessel on Friday, June 22, I observed that all of the rubber hoses for cooling the motor were burned and destroyed, there were no remnants of the blower venting line remaining and all electronic wiring was burned to just bare wire. The wooden framing of the vessel was charred and all inner fiberglass was charred. The blower venting for vessels is most commonly made of a material with metal coiling to frame the shape of the hose and then covered in a synthetic or fiber material to direct the flow of air out of the motor cavity. I did not see any remains of the metal coiling in the vessel, which would usually be present in duct work and blower venting, indicating the hoses for the blower vent may not have been present. According to Ranger 2, there were no injuries of either occupant. 
  
  I placed two phone calls and attempted to contact Operator at his listed address on Thursday, June 21, 2021 but was unable to make contact. I am currently awaiting a call back for any additional information.