RedactedNarrative: On the night of September 18, 2015 at approximately 11:30 PM, I was notified of a vessel on fire at marker 100 in the ICW near Hampstead, North Carolina. I made contact with the call reporter, right after being notified by Raleigh Dispatch. Reporter made me aware of the situation and that the two subjects which were on the boat were then on her boat dock because the boat caught fire and they pushed it away from the dock. I asked Reporter to have the two subjects stay there until I arrive. Reporter then called me back and said another boat stopped by her dock and the two subjects boarded that boat and left heading north up the ICW.
  
  I then arrived at Reporter residence to begin the investigation. 
  
  Reporter told me that it was the subjects 21 st anniversary. They had been sitting at the end of Reporter dock for approximately two hours. The subjects could not get the boat to run. The male subject sprayed a type of starting fluid on the engine which then ignited and blew back in the male subject's face slightly burning his face. The boat then caught fire and was pushed away from the dock. The boat then drifted across the waterway to Lee Island where it came to rest and continued to burn. The boat then sank in shallow water resting on its starboard side in the edge of the marsh grass. Reporter went into her residence to get Aloe for the subject to apply to his face. She then went back into her residence. Then as she walked back out, she noticed the two subjects boarding another boat and taking off up the waterway.
  
  Pender County Fire and Coast Guard arrived on scene as the boat burned and sank in the shallow marsh grass. I boarded Pender County's Fire Boat and was taken to the burning boat. I observed a burnt case of beer and a charred fuel tank. The vessel was warped and charred along with the engine hood loosely resting on top of the engine. All in which was charred. Both port and starboard sides were charred preventing the registration numbers from being noticeable. 
   