RedactedNarrative: Single Vessel Accident - vessel fire.
  
  Vessel 1 (V-1), 27' Rinker Inboard/Outboard cabin cruiser, was cruising in a canal near Boca Ciega Bay, ICW.  The vessel was traveling less than 10 mph.  V-1 had been cruising for about 30 minutes when there was a large explosion and the engine cover blew off the boat. 
  
  The operator and occupant jumped off V-1, into the water.  V-1 was still on fire and drifted into a dock, burning a lift.  A jet ski in the area tied a rope to V-1.  Another boat in the area, pulled V-1 to the middle of the canal and anchored it in place.  Local Fire Department fire boat put the fire out in the canal.  V-1 sunk in the canal.  The operator and occupant were not injured.
  