RedactedNarrative: ON JULY 2, 2022 AT APPROXIMATELY 6:05 P.M. HOURS KOSCIUSKO COUNTY DISPATCH WAS ADVISED OF A BOAT ON FIRE NEAR THE SYRACUSE LAKE PUBLIC ACCESS SITE.  
  AT 6:07 P.M. KOSCIUSKO COUNTY DISPATCH NOTIFIED THE SYRACUSE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF THE INCIDENT. SYRACUSE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED ON THE SCENE AT 6:09 P.M. THE FIRE WAS DOCUMENTED THROUGH DISPATCH TO BE UNDER CONTROL AT APPROXIMATELY 6:17 P.M. SYRACUSE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS THE FIRST RESPONDING OFFICER TO ARRIVE ON THE SCENE AT 6:26 P.M. SYRACUSE POLICE OFFICERS DETAINED THE OPERATOR, AWAITING MY ARRIVAL.  
  I, INDIANA CONSERVATION OFFICER ARRIVED ON THE SCENE AT APPROXIMATELY 6:30 P.M. SYRACUSE POLICE ADVISED THEY DID NOT SMELL ANY ODOR OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE COMING FROM THE OPERATOR. I SPOKE TO THE OPERATOR, LATER IDENTIFIED BY HIS INDIANA DRIVER'S LICENSE AS OP1. I TOOK INFORMATION AND STATEMENTS ABOUT THE INCIDENT. AT APPROXIMATELY 6:38 P.M. INDIANA CONSERVATION OFFICER 2 ARRIVED ON THE SCENE.  
  ICO 2 ADVISED OP1 THAT A REPORT WILL BE TAKEN SINCE THE DAMAGE IS EXCEEDED 1,000 DOLLARS. ICO2 INFORMED OP1 THAT WE NEED A RECORDED STATEMENT FOR THE REPORT. OP1 UNDERSTOOD AND PROCEEDED TO RECALL THE CHAIN OF EVENTS LEADING TO THE FIRE.  
  OP1 HAD LAUNCHED HIS BOAT, LATER IDENTIFIED AS A 1992 CELEBRITY 180 INDIANA REGISTRATION, AT THE SYRACUSE LAKE PUBLIC ACCESS SITE. OP1 STATED THE BOAT WOULD NOT START. OP1 ADVISED HE HAD SPRAYED ETHER INTO THE CARBURETOR TO HELP THE BOAT START. 
  ONCE THE VESSEL HAD STARTED AND WAS UNDERWAY, OP1 CLAIMED HE WAS GOING UNDER THE BRIDGE TO PICK UP TWO FRIENDS WHEN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT BLEW OPEN FROM AN APPARENT EXPLOSION. OP1 THEN ADVISED HE AND HIS FRIEND ATTEMPTED TO CONTROL THE FIRE BY EMPTYING THEIR COOLER ONTO THE FIRE. AFTER SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE THE OCCUPANTS OF THE BOAT JUMPED OVERBOARD TO SAFETY. 
  OP1 ADVISED THEY KEPT THE VESSEL NEAR THE BRIDGE AREA AND SYRACUSE FIRE DEPARTMENT QUICKLY ARRIVED AND WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE VESSEL WAS THEN WALKED BACK TO THE BOAT RAMP AND LOADED ONTO OP1'S TRAILER. 
  I PHOTOGRAPHED ALL FOUR SIDES OF THE EXTERIOR. THE PORT SIDE BOW OF THE VESSEL INDICATED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. I PHOTOGRAPHED THE INTERIOR, REVEALING MOST OF THE DAMAGE. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATS WERE CHARRED ALONG WITH THE ENTIRE BACK SEAT. A FIRE EXTINGUISHER WAS LOCATED BY THE HELM FLOORBOARD THAT WAS NOT USED. 
  OP1 STATED THE BOAT IS NOT INSURED. OP1 THEN ACCOMPANIED US TO THE AREA WHERE THE BOAT WAS FLOATING PRIOR TO THE FIRE BEING EXTINGUISHED SO WE COULD VERIFY THERE WAS NO ADDITIONAL PROPERTY DAMAGE. I DOCUMENTED OIL THAT HAD LEAKED FROM THE VESSEL INTO THE WATERWAY. THE SCENE WAS CLEARED AT APPROXIMATELY 6:45.
  