RedactedNarrative: On Thursday, March 25, 2021 at approximately 2:32 pm Maryland Natural Resources Police responded to a call of a boat fire at Blackstone Marina in Cuckold Creek located at 24845 Marina Way, Hollywood, MD 20636. The Hollywood fire department was dispatched at 1:55 pm and was on scene at 2:02 pm.
  
  I arrived on scene by boat at approximately 2:45 pm. When I arrived the fire had already been extinguished and the boat was secured against the bulkhead in the marina. The boat had completely burned and was destroyed. The only thing that remained from the boat was the bottom of the hull.
  
  The marina staff showed me video surveillance of the fire and two of their employees gave witness statements. Their statements are attached in the incident report. The video surveillance was loaded onto a thumb drive and placed into evidence.
  
  Prior to the fire starting the boat was tied up in slip at the marina. The boat was not running and there was no one onboard. A few of the marina employees noticed smoke coming from the boat and they took action. The employees untied the boat from the slip and towed it out of the marina into the middle of the creek. The employees kept the boat contained to the middle of the creek until the fire department arrived and extinguished the fire. I confirmed that no one was injured while the marina employees towed the boat out of the marina and the marina staff advised that there were no injuries. I inspected the area where the fire began and no damage was done to any other property besides the boat that caught fire. No injuries were sustained. The boat was removed from the water by Gibbons Marine Construction.
  
  The boat was owned by boat owner 1. The boat was a white and gold 2007 Crownline 252EX with fiberglass hull. The boat was 26 feet in length and had a width of 8.5 feet. The boat was a sterndrive inboard/outboard (propeller) with one 300 HP Mercury engine. 
  
  I spoke with OWNER and went over the watercraft accident report with him. He advised that the boat was insured. OWNER also advised me of the safety gear that he had onboard his boat. He said that there were 12 or more PFDs on board, a fire extinguisher, a flame arrestor, navigation lights, and sound devices. OWNER advised that he had hundreds of hours of boating experience and that he had taken an online boaters safety course. OWNER estimated the damages to be approximately $10,000. I left OWNER with the incident number and my contact information.
  
  Office of the State Fire Marshall arrived on scene and began an investigation of the boat.  Fire Marshall advised that the fire was started by the electrical system in the boat. Fire Marshall is gave me the assigned case number for this incident. 
  
  There were no violations.
  
  All events occurred in Saint Mary’s County, MD.