RedactedNarrative: The owner of the vessel  was loading fishing gear onto his vessel.  He had run blowers previous to starting his engine.  Engine had been running for approximately 10 min.  He turned on his bilge and switched it off.  The engine hatch under him blew up forcing him into the soft top and fire began coming out around the hatch.  He crawled to aft Starboard side then exited the craft on the Port side onto the dock inside the boat house.  He called for fire extinguisher, hose and water from  witness who was on the dock and had watched the event unfold.