RedactedNarrative: On 6/24/2020, at approximately 12:13 hours, a report of a boat on fire at Harvey County East Lake, N East Lake Road, was dispatched to Harvey County Sheriff''s office. HV county officer responded to the Bluestem Park area near Catfish Point. A boat was in the water fully engulfed in flames, still floating in the water near the beach. Officer1 observed a juvenile male, Subject, sitting in the driver''s seat of a vehicle on shore. Subject was in the boat at the time of the fire and had severe burns on his right leg , from knee to foot. Officer1 photographed burns. Newton Fire and EMS then loaded Subject into ambulance and transported him to the burn unit at Saint Francis Medical Center in Wichita, KS. 
  
  Officer1 spoke to Subject1 who explained his fiance, Subject, one other, and himself were on a boat owned by subject4. Subject1 was performing mechanical work on the boat for Subject4. Subject1 had taken the boat out on the water and the motor continually would shut off randomly. Subject1 stated the boat had shut off and he tried to start the boat engine back up, the entire engine exploded and caught fire, sending shrapnel from the motor, as well as any objects near it. Subject1 explained the boat became quickly engulfed in flames, forcing the four passengers to evacuate the boat into the water. Subject sustained severe burns to his right leg. 
  
  Subject1 was operating a 1987 Cobalt with an inboard motor. Kansas registration, which was expired as of 06/02/2019. The boat was not equipped with a blower system to help ventilate any volatile fumes from the engine compartment, nor a spark arrester to reduce any potential flames as a result of an engine back-fire. Subject1 stated there were not any personal flotation devices on board. There was no evidence of impairment. 
  
  The boat owner, Subject4, stated he purchased the vessel for $200.00 , but had several other hundreds of dollars invested in it. Subject4 believed the monetary loss for the boat to be $1000.00.
  
  Officer1 filed a report and charges for operating a vessel without required safety equipment and operating a vessel without personal flotation devices to the Harvey county attorneys office.
  
  A copy of the report was given to Game Warden. 
  
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