RedactedNarrative: ~Approx. 1200hrs subjects are launching their vessel at Indian Mound Boat Ramp. They are accompanied by their three young children and two adult nephews who are visiting from out of town. 
  
  ~The vessel is floated off the trailer without using the engine. Nephews are holding the vessel at dock while subjects park the trailer. Subjects then load and board the vessel with their children. Subject1 and the two younger children are storing items away at the forward seating area. Operator and his seven-year-old son are at the helm. According to all three people interviewed, Operator starts the engine and immediately states aloud, that he thinks there is an unusual sound coming from the engine compartment. Operator stands and starts to move toward the engine compartment with his son following closely behind him. The compartment then explodes. 
  
  ~ Operator is knocked to the floor in the explosion. Upon reaching him, Subject1 immediately notices a large gash on his forehead and screams for someone to call 911. Subject1 also notices the door to the engine compartment has been blown off and there is a small fire on the top of the engine. With help from her two nephews, Subject1 rushes to evacuate her children and husband from the vessel. 
  
  ~Once all persons are clear from the vessel, Subject1 attempts to go back to the vessel but is stopped by her nephews. One subject stated the fire had grown too large by this point and felt it was unsafe to even be in proximity of the burning vessel. Both brothers release their dock lines and allow the vessel to drift away from the boat ramp.   
  
  ~The unoccupied and burning vessel drifts towards a near by oyster bar and becomes lodged. The vessel burns to the water line. 
  
  ~EMS and Fire Rescue arrive shortly after and extinguishes the fire and transports Operator to Sarasota Memorial Hospital for burns and a head wound. 
  
  wife:Complaint of headache after explosion.; child:Minor1st degree burn to face and back of left leg. Head hair singed.  ; nephew1:Minor 1st degree burns to leg/arm.; operator:Laceration to forehead / 25% burns to body.
  