RedactedNarrative: Operator# 1 stated: "I backed up my truck down the ramp cause I had a fuel tank in the bed of the truck, which I use to fill up my boat. My boat was tied up to the dock on the port side of the ramp. I connected the electric cables from the fuel pump to the boat's battery terminal cables. A spark came off the battery terminal and then I heard whoosh sound. I then realized my boat exploded and my arm had been burnt from the flash. I jumped off and got the water hose to start to hose down the boat".
   
  Investigation revealed: Vessel #1 was tied up to a dock. Operator #1 drove his personal Pick-np down his ramp while transporting a fuel tank in the bed of same. The fuel tank has a fuel pump motor that needed a source of power for it to work. Operator #1 grabbed the cables from the fuel pump and attached them to Vessel's battery. After several minutes of fueling up Vessel #1 with gasoline, Operator #1 failed to engage his bilge blower resulting in gas vapors building within the hull. For an unknown reason and unknown source, the gas vapors ignited causing a flash explosion. Vessel #1 sustained damage to the entire vessel. Operator #1 sustained a burn injury to his left hand and was transported to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City, NJ. It should be noted that the Mullica Township Fire Department and the Fire Marshal arrived on scene and did not think this incident was suspicious, See Case #220595647.
  