RedactedNarrative: A boat fire occurred in Newport Harbor on 06-14-20 at approximately 1:20am involving a 56-ft Sea Ray and a 13-ft Boston Whaler.  Newport FD and USCG both responded to the scene.  It was reported that two people who were aboard the sea ray jumped overboard and were rescued by a nearby witness in his dinghy.  
  
  SGT1 (RIDEM) reported that Owner and his wife, Passenger, who were on the vessel at the time of the fire, escaped with minor injuries.  The 56-ft Sea Ray (Never Say Never), was owned by Owner and was later found to "not" be insured.  On 6-19-20 SGT1 along with Newport Harbor Master and USCG surveyed the vessel, Never Say Never.  
  
  It was overturned on the mooring.  There was also a dinghy/tender to the 56-ft Sea Ray; a 13-ft Boston Whaler.  It was overturned as well and showed extensive fire damage on the bottom of the hull.  Owner reported that on the evening of the fire, he and his wife had friends on their boat for dinner.  
  
  Later that evening, Owner took his friends back to their boat on his 13-ft tender (Outrage).  He said that while returning back to Never Say Never, the engine on the tender sputtered and stalled.  Also, the tachometer was not working normally.   He said he was able to drift the tender back to the sea ray and hoist it on the rear platform. Owner and his wife went to bed.   About one hour later, they woke up to intense heat and smoke in his boat and could hear crackling coming from the rear.  Owner and Passenger both struggled to open the overhead hatch.  
  
  They eventually got it open, however Passenger began to pass out.  Owner then pushed her out and climbed out after.  He heard someone yell, “Jump overboard” and both he and his wife jumped and were picked up by someone in a dinghy (Witness).  Witness brought both victims back to his boat who were later rescued by USCG,  Witness who witnessed the fire, stated that he was on his boat that evening and observed the fire and called 911.  He was confident that it started on the tender that was secured to the transom platform.  Owner’s statement saying the tender lost power and the tachometer fluctuated indicate a possible electrical failure.