RedactedNarrative: On June 29, 2020 at approximately 9:50 a. m. the Operator of vessel 1 took his boat out on the water at Mosquito Creek State Park.  
  
  Once out on the water, the operator advised that he could smell something burning. The owner/operator of the vessel, then took the vessel back to the dock and had his wife and kids wait on the shore while he went back out on the water to investigate.  
  
  After looking everything over on his vessel, the operator attempted to go back to the dock.  The operator then put his boat in reverse gear to slow down so he could dock his vessel at the main launch ramp, near Imagination Station at Mosquito Creek State Park.  
  
  The Operator of vessel 1 advised that his vessel then stalled out.  The operator attempted to re-start his vessel and heard a loud explosion on the port side under the rear seat of his vessel.  
  
  The operator of vessel 1 attempted to extinguish the flames with the fire extinguisher he had on board.  The operator advised that he was unsuccessful in stopping the spread of the fire. Bazetta township Fire Department extinguished the fire and the operator towed his vessel on his own back to his residence.