RedactedNarrative: Operator1 was traveling from carteret county down adams creek heading towards craven county when he noticed that the vessel was not giving the usual amount of power from the throttle response.  He then proceeded to take the vessel into the dock at jarrett bay boatyard to have it looked at.  Upon further inspection, the technichians at jarrett bay replaced the fuel filter and put fresh fuel inside the vessel.  
  
  Figuring that the problem was fixed, they proceeded back down adams creek towards the neuse river.  Once entering the neuse river exiting out of the mouth of adams creek, operator1 explained that he gave the vessel some throttle when the other individual on the vessel  was standing on the rear deck and suddenly fell backwards and yelled "we have a fire back here."  the righthand side volvo diesel motor had exploded and caused the rear deck lid to toss occupant backwards, also sparking a fire from the engine.  The fire spread over the entire engine room.  
  
  Operator1 grabbed three type b-1 fire extinguishers and tried to put out the fire.  He said however the fire extinguishers didn't last very long and he only could use them at a portion of the fire due to the heat and the smoke making it hard to see the exact location of the base of the fire.  Operator1 said a nearby sailboat was in the area and came over to thier assistance.  Operator1 and occupant jumped onto the sailboat and away from the burning vessel. 
  
   Operator1 had explained that the fire seemed to have been smoldering out and finally went out on its own.  Us coast guard and tow boat us responded first to the scene of the incident and i responded not much later as well.  The vessel fire was deemed put out was to be towed back to jarrett bay marina/boatyard to be further examined and looked at by an insurance adjuster in the following days.  Operator1 had stated that he believed the major damage due to the vessel seemed all to be in the engine room including both volvo motors and the entire engine room and rear deck.  He estimated the damage to be 100,000 usd or more. 
  
  (incident still under investigation, still awating total amount and cost of damage and exact damage properties.)
  
  Please note:  this report will be updated when and if new information is provided.
  
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