RedactedNarrative: On April 20th, 2017 at approximately 7:34 pm, I, of the Maryland Natural Resources Police, received a call for a vessel fire in Solomons Harbor.  I arrived on scene at the Solomons Yachting Center at approximately 7:44 pm.  
  
  When I arrived, the burning vessel was in the process of being towed by the Charter Boat “Finfish II” out to the mouth of Back Creek.  The Solomon Island Volunteer Fire Department was on scene and had a fireboat attempting to put out the vessel fire.  No occupants were aboard the vessel and no one was in the water at this time.
  
  As we pulled our boat up to the fuel docks at the Solomons Yachting Center we could see significant fire damage to the pilings, fuel pumps and fueling office.  The small office building had suffered exterior fire damage along the siding and the windows were broken.  
  
  Solomon Islands Volunteer Fire Department was on already on scene and had transported one victim to Medstar Washington Hospital Center in Washington D.C. with burn injuries to both his legs.  
  
  Subject was on the dock speaking with the Marina Owner at the time of the explosion.  
  
  I spoke with the Marina Owner, who gave a witness statement.  Owner stated that he was speaking with Subject when he heard an explosion at the fuel pumps.  After fueling, Victim went outside to start the boat up.  The boat exploded as soon as Victim started the engines.  Subject ran outside and saw his son, Victim in the water.  Owner handed Subject a knife and told him to cut the lines on the boat.  Subject then threw a life jacket to Victim and was able to pull him back onto the dock.  
  
  A charter boat in the area by the name of the Finfish II towed the flaming boat out to the mouth of Back Creek.  Solomon Island Volunteer Fire Department extinguished the flames and the vessel was anchored outside the channel.
  
  The boat was a 1987 Wellcraft Model UK open-air motorboat.  The boat had twin inboard 345 Mercury gas engines.  It was 31'8 in length with a fiberglass haul.  The vessel had three fire extinguishers on board and a fixed halon system, neither of which were used to fight the fire.  Victim had pumped 148.8 gallons of gas and the boat itself holds 180 gallons of gasoline.  
  
  I cleared from the scene at approximately 10:00pm.
  Victim and witness statements along with pictures of the damaged fueling dock have been attached to this report.  All events occurred in Calvert County, Maryland.
  