RedactedNarrative: Vessel – 1979, 19’ Fiberform Open Motorboat w/1 Outboard Gasoline Engine – Make/HP Unknown
  
  On 08/16/2020, at about 02:50 p.m., this vessel was launching into the Rimrock Reservoir, from the Rimrock Airstrip Boat Launch, located near Naches, WA in Yakima county.
  
  According to Law Enforcement, they were dispatched to the above location for a fire.  The Fire Department had arrived prior to Law Enforcement and extinguished the fire.  When Law Enforcement arrived at the scene, they contacted the burned-out vessel and its owner.  The vessel was on the boat launch and still partially in the water.  The vessel was nearly completely burned.
  
  Operator told Officers that he was in the process of buying the vessel but had not transferred it in his name yet and this was the first time he had used it.  He said that he had just put the vessel in the water and turned on the ignition and the choke.  Seconds later he heard some popping noises and saw the vessel was catching on fire.  
  
  It is not known exactly where the fire had started.  The vessel was not underway at the time the fire started.  They were still in the process of launching it.  Operator was not able to provide any paperwork and the Tag Number and VN appeared to have been destroyed.  Operator did have a video of the vessel prior to it burning.  It appeared to be WN9462K6, but it was not all visible.
  
  The vessel appeared to be a late 70s Fiberform approximately 19 feet with a 150 HP or so outboard.  No further information available currently.  Operator was able to get the burned vessel loaded back onto the trailer.
  
  0 Injuries / 0 Fatalities
  No Apparent Alcohol/Drug Involvement 
  Vessel Reported as a Total Loss – Value Estimated at $3,000 
  Operator PFD Wear Unknown 
  Operator Mandatory Boater Education Card Unknown
  