RedactedNarrative: On 8-5-20, at 1930, on Lake Erie near Fairport Harbor, Ohio, Occupant #1 was operating Vessel #1 approximately 2 miles northwest of the Fairport Harbor Lighthouse. 
  
  Operator #1 hears "a loud bang" from the engine compartment of Vessel #1, and Vessel 1 loses power.  Operator #1 checks the engine compartment of Vessel #1 and observes flames coming from the bottom of the engine.
  
    Occupants 1-4 begin to bail water onto the fire in the engine compartment of Vessel #1 but the flames continued to build.  Occupants 1-4 put lifejackets on and enter the water to escape the flames. Occupants 1-4 are picked up by USCG Station Fairport Response Vessel and taken to shore.  Vessel #1 continues to burn to the waterline and sinks.