RedactedNarrative: On 06/20/2017 at approximately 1:30 p.m., the operator of vessel #1 and two occupants arrived at lakeside marina on cherokee lake in grainger county to prepare the vessel for departure. The operator of vessel #1 stated he carried a container of gasoline onto the dock to put fuel into the vessel. 
  
  After fueling the vessel, the operator of vessel #1 stated he turned on the blower. At approximately 1:45 p.m., the operator of vessel #1 stated he attempted to start the vessel two times and both times the engine died. The operator of vessel #1 stated he attempted to start the engine for the third time and there was an explosion from the engine compartment blowing the compartment lid off and the engine caught on fire. 
  
  The operator of vessel #1 stated he used the fire extinguisher on board the vessel to put the fire out. Grainger county 911 was notified. Ems arrived on scene and the female occupant on board vessel #1 was transported to morristown hamblen hospital where she was treated for minor first degree burns on the back of both legs and released.
  