RedactedNarrative: Operator of vessel #1 and passenger were going to take a cruise on their pontoon boat.  While starting the outboard motor the motor caught on fire and exploded causing the back half of the hull to be damaged.  
  
  Much of the seating along with the console were burned.  Both escaped from the vessel safely.  Edwardsburg police and fire assisted and extinguished the fire.  There were no injuries.  The vessel was still moored to the pier when fire started.  Three sections of the pier were damaged from the fire.  Hull and motor serial number destroyed by fire.  It is unclear what caused the fire in the motor.