Unit 1 was traveling south on Lake Keowee in Oconee County, cruising, when Unit 1 began to have engine trouble with the outboard motor. 

The engine then shut down. The operator/owner of Unit 1 then started to troubleshoot and get the engine back running. 

Upon doing so, the engine failed and began to catch fire. All 6 occupants on the vessel then jumped overboard into the water as the fire spread. The boat became fully ingulfed by the fire. A passerby picked up the occupants of Unit 1 on his boat and carried them Keowee Town Landing. Members of Salem Fire Department Responded to the scene and extinguished the fire with the fire department vessel. Salem fire Department then towed the vessel back to Keowee Town Landing. No one was injured.
Lake Keowee