RedactedNarrative: At approximately 1330 hours on Sunday August 30, 2015, I Officers were on routine boat patrol on the Patapsco River on NRP Vessel 140 when we were dispatched to a boat fire on the Bear Creek with people in the water.  We responded from the Baltimore Inner Harbor and arrived on location at approximately 1345 hours.  Upon arrival in the area we saw a burning boat fully involved with fire about 25 feet off of the north shore across the river from the Hard Yacht Café.  There was a Baltimore City Police boat located near the burning boat and a Coast Guard boat at the gas dock at Hard Yacht Café.  There did not appear to be anyone in the water in the area of the boat on fire. I confirmed with the DNR dispatcher that the Fire Department was enroute and that all of the survivors were accounted for.  The DNR dispatcher advised us that all of the survivors were at the Hard Yacht Café.  Corporal arrived on NRP Vessel 854 and proceeded to the Hard Yacht Café to get victim information.  
  
   Cpl. advised Off. and me, everyone from the boat had been taken to Bayview hospital by Baltimore County Fire Department Ambulances. Cpl., Off. and I then departed the scene of the fire to go to Bayview Hospital.
  
   Upon our arrival at Bayview Hospital, I interviewed the owner of the vessel which caught fire. Owner provided me with all of the names and contact information for all of the passengers on board his boat. Owner also gave me a general description of the injuries sustained by the passengers. Owner gave me the following account of the events that led up to and immediately after the explosion and fire:
  
   Everyone had lunch at Hard Yacht Café and then boarded his boat which he kept in a slip at Anchor Bay East Marina adjacent to the Hard Yacht Café. This was the first outing on the boat since he purchased the boat about two weeks ago. The boat fuel gauge indicated about ¼ tank, about 15 gallons. The boat was taken over to the fuel dock where 16 gallons of gasoline were added to the tank. Prior to starting the boat at the slip and the fuel dock, the blower was run for several minutes.  After leaving the gas dock they headed north at idle speed.  After traveling about 100 yards there was an explosion and fire from the engine compartment.  Everyone went to the bow of the boat and jumped into the water where they were picked up by another boat in the area and taken back to the fuel dock at Anchor Bay East Marina.
  
   Owner told me that he had just purchased the boat.  Owner provided me with details regarding the safety equipment on board.  Owner also told me that PFDs and the fire extinguisher were not used because they didn't have time. Owner provided me with his father's cell phone number since his phone was destroyed by the fire.
  
   I also spoke to Owner's wife who gave me a similar account of the accident. 
  
   On Monday August 31, 2015, at about 1045 hours, I called Father to follow up on the accident. Father told me that one person was in the burn unit at Bayview Hospital and had 2nd degree burns on both of his feet, a fractured jaw and a fractured finger. Father told me occupant2 had 2nd degree burns on the back of both of his thighs and on his right hand.
  
   I contacted Owner by email and asked him to contact me so I could follow up on the accident.
  
   At about 1215 hours, Owner called me.  I asked Owner what the value of the boat was, he told me that he purchased it for $2900.00. I asked Owner where the boat was currently located, he told me that TowBoat US towed it to Anchor Bay East Marina where it was hauled out of the water. Owner also told me that the GEICO insurance adjuster had already seen the boat and told Owner that there were substandard repairs to the fuel system that contributed to the fire.
  
   At about 1354 hours I spoke with subjects by phone and they corroborated the account that Owner gave. 
  
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