RedactedNarrative: ON JULY 1, 2019 AT 12:30 PM, VESSEL 1 WITH 7 PEOPLE ONBOARD HAD A FIRE.  THE VESSEL HAD PUSHED OFF FROM SHORE AT HAMMOCKS BEACH STATE PARK WHEN THE OUTBOARD MOTOR EXPLODED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE.  TWO FIRE EXTINGUISHERS WERE USED ALONG WITH SEA WATER TO PUT THE FIRE OUT.  THE PASSENGERS ABANDONED VESSEL 1 AND SWAM FOR THE SHORE WHILE SOME WERE RESCUED FROM NEARBY BOATERS.  NONE OF THE PASSENGERS WERE INJURED FROM THE INCIDENT.  VESSEL 1 WAS ABLE TO STAY AFLOAT AND WAS TOWED BACK TO THE RAMP BY TOW BOAT US.  THE MOTOR WAS A COMPLETE LOSS. THE OPERATOR MADE A COMPLETE REPORT AND COMPLIED WITH STATE REPORTING REGULATIONS.
  
  THE OWNER SAID HE HAD NOT TAKEN THE BOAT OUT IN THE WATER IN ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE THE INCIDENT HAPPENED.
  
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