RedactedNarrative: VESSEL 1 LOST POWER, OPERATOR SAID HE OPENED ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND FLAMES CAME OUT. OPERATOR SHUT DOOR AND TOLD HIS PASSENGER  TO JUMP OUT.   OPERATOR STATED THE HE JUST REPLACED THE BLOWER MOTOR BEFORE COMING TO THE LAKE.  
  
  THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT BY USING THE PROP WASH AND SPLASHING WATER FROM TWO JET SKIES. FIRE EXTINGUISHERS WERE NOT EFFECTIVE DO TO HIGH WIND AND FLAMES. 
  
  AFTER THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT AND SPEAKING WITH THE OPERATOR IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FIRE WAS POSSIBLY CAUSED BY ELECTRICAL SHORT. 
  
  OPERATOR STATED THAT HE HAD INSTALLED A NEW BLOWER MOTOR IN THE VESSEL PRIOR TO TAKING THE VESSEL OUT ON THE WATER. OPERATOR AND PASSENGER WERE RESCUED BY A PASSING BOATER. VESSEL WAS A TOTAL LOSS.