RedactedNarrative: I, a commissioned law enforcement officer (Officer) with Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks received a call from Ottawa County Dispatch on July 17, 2021 at 1830 of a boat fire at Ottawa State Fishing Lake (OTSL).  Dispatch advised no one was injured and only one vessel was involved and the fire was extinguished.  Officer advised dispatch that officer was out-of-town but would contact the undersheriff and work the boat accident and Officer did not believe another game warden needed to be dispatched.
  Officer made contact with Undersheriff on July 21 and received a copy of his incident report(attached).  Officer also contacted the boat owner at his residence on July 21 and photographed the vessel and interviewed Owner (photos attached).  Owner made the following statement in his interview.  Owner purchased the boat and worked on it at this home.  Work included running the outboard engine in a 55 gallon water barrel and repairing the trailer rails and lights.  Owner stated he took the 14' Glassmaster to OTSL on the evening of July 17th. Owner was alone when he backed the boat into the water at the dam boat ramp.  He left the boat on the trailer as he initially started the outboard motor with no issues.  The motor died and he attempted to start it again without the motor igniting.  Owner utilized the electronic choke and the engine caught fire and blew the engine cover off the motor.  Fire spread quickly to the two plastic 6 gallon gas cans in the back of the boat.  Fire also spread to the interior and port side of the boat.  Owner stated the fire was pushed to the port side by a slight breeze.  A local camper assisted Owner out of the burning vessel and helped Owner recover his oxygen machine, fishing poles and cell phone.  The camper also pushed the burning vessel off the trailer to prevent fire from reaching Owner's pickup truck that was still attached to the boat trailer.  911 was called at 1759 hours on July 17, 2021.  Bennington fire arrived at 1809 and extinguished the fire with foam.
  
  Owner stated he had two fire extinguisher on board the Glassmaster.  Owner attempted to engage the fire with the two extinguishers but they failed to operate.  Owner stated he pulled the pin and squeezed the trigger but little or no product came out of the extinguisher.  Owner had purchased the two extinguishers from Walmart in Salina.  Officer contacted Salina F.D. Fire Inspector about the extinguishers.  Fire Inspector stated a common fire extingisher made by Kidde and sold at many outlets had a recall in 2017.   Fire Inspector was going to check with Walmart and Owner to see if these extinguishers were effected by the recall.
  
  Owner had all his safety items on board the vessel and had properly registered the vessel on July 12, 2021(attached).  Owner stated he purchased the vessel for $1200 and put a new trolling motor and fish finders on the vessel.  Owner was not insured on the vessel.  Owner stated his loss at $2200.    
  
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