RedactedNarrative: On 09/05/17 at about 1728 hours, operator contacted the Maricopa County Sheriff''s Office to report that his boat a 1991 Fountain Feaver boat bearing AZ registration "blew up" while he was boating at Canyon Lake near Sandy Beach. He was able to get it towed the Canyon Lake Marina and trailered it home.
  
  I contacted Operator1 at his residence and he told me the following.  Operator1 was boating about 3/4 miles south of Sandy Beach at Canyon Lake when he throttled up his boat and the engine cover blew off. He told me a small fire was in the engine compartment and the engine cover below about 50 feet into the air. Operator1 said he panicked and jumped into the lake. He told me there was another boater near by who picked him up and transported him back to the Marina to ger help. Operator1 said the boat was towed to the Marina where he trailered the vessel and took it him to his residence. Operator1 told me he recently had the engine worked on.  He advised me that he was not having any issues prior to the explosion and that he had his blowers on to vent the engine compartment. 
  
  Photos were taken of the damage and submitted to MCSO''s crime lab. No citations were issued in this collision. 
  
  Operator1 estimated the damage to his vessel to be around $2000 and would be making a report with his insurance company. 
  
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