RedactedNarrative: On 05/15/2017 at approximately 1:17 PM, I, Officer of the Maryland Natural Resources Police, responded to a vessel fire in a slip at Holiday Hill Marina in Edgewater, Maryland off of Whitemarsh Creek off the Rhode River. Upon arriving on scene, I observed a cabin motorboat smoldering, being extinguished by the fire department. There was no one on the vessel at this time. Dispatch had already advised that there was 1 occupant on the vessel at the time of the explosion, but that he was able to escape unharmed
   
  I spoke with the firefighters upon arrival, who advised that the vessel was completely engulfed in flames upon their arrival, but that it had been completely extinguished at this time. They said the owner told them that there was approximately 5 gallons of fuel on board the vessel at the time of explosion, but that most of it had been contained in the vessel. There were several witnesses standing on land observing the fire. I spoke with one witness, who advised that there had been 2 people there earlier in the day working on the vessel. He said he had left the marina and when returned the vessel was engulfed in flames.
  