RedactedNarrative: Operator #1 stated: I started planning and the boat backfired.  Then the boat started smoking and caught fire. Everyone jumped into the water and my dad picked us up with his boat and brought us to the dock.  He then went back and put the fire out. 
  
  Investigation revealed: Operator #1 was operating vessel #1 on Lake Hopatcong in Woodport Cove.  Operator #1 had just departed from the dock.  Operator #1 began to accelerate forward in vessel #1 when the engine backfired.  The Backfire caused the flame arrestor to dislodge.  As a result the engine compartment and upholstery in the stern of the vessel to catch fire.  Operator #1 and all the occupants then voluntarily left the vessel and were retrieved from the water then extinguished the fire and secure the vessel to the dock.
  
  Jefferson Twp Police Department, Fire Department and EMS responded to the scene.  The operator and all of the occupants were uninjured and refused medical treatment 
  
   