NEWS RELEASE ID : 050114 BACK
Incident Type : Incident Date :
FIRE/EXPLOSION
08/03/2005
Waterway : District : Incident Time :
LAKE OF THE OZARKS 2 6:45:00 PM
Location : Town : County :
7MM GLAIZE KAISER, MO CAMDEN
Summary :
2 MALE SUBJECTS WHERE PUTTING GAS INTO BOAT #1 WHEN THE VICTIM NOTICED THAT THE GAS WAS GOING INTO THE WATER HOLDING TANK. THE MARINA TOLD THEM TO TOW THE BOAT OVER TO THE MARINA DOCK. SUBJECTS HAD BROUGHT BOAT #2 INTO THE AREA TO TOW BOAT #1. VICTIM TURNED ON THE BILGE PUMP IN BOAT #1, AND IT CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE ALSO SPREAD TO BOAT #2. VICTIM SUFFERED BURNS TO HIS LEFT ARM AND HAND AND FROM THE KNEES TO THE ANKELS ON BOTH LEGS. BOTH BOATS WHERE BURNT TO THE WATER LINE.
Boat(s) Involved Listing: Boat Number : 1
Boat Type : Damage Estimate :
TAHOE DECK BOAT TOTAL
Boat Owner : Owner City/State :

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FORT LEONARD WOOD KAISER, MO
Victim Date of Birth : City/State :
HEATH, STEVEN 5/10/1972 RICHLAND, MO
Witness Date of Birth : City/State :
BOWLING, JUSTIN 1/11/1989 WAYNESVILLE, MO
Boat Number : 2
Boat Type : Damage Estimate :
TAHOE DECK BOAT TOTAL
Boat Owner : Owner City/State :

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FORT LEONARD WOOD KAISER, MO

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Injuries: Injured Name : Date of Birth : City/State :
HEATH, STEVEN 5/10/1972 RICHLAND, MO
Injury Type : Taken to :
Moderate ST. JOHNS, SPRINGFIELD, MO

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putting gas in the water fill....

That's why one says water, and the other says gas

Dont get me wrong I do feel bad people got hurt, but whos bright idea was it to drain the water tanks in the bilge and then turn the bilge on?

Dam!!!!......you got all the answers!

I heard we had one local kid pump 40 somethings gallons into a rod holder...

The same thing took place a few years ago up in Laconia, NH. Gas boy tried to wet vac the gas out of the cabin of a boat and it went up.

Several years ago my ex brotherin law tried the wet/dry vac on a fuel spill in the bilge of his boat.Explosion that blew him and his buddy into the water and burned his boat and dock to the water. I never did like him.Joe Murray

P-E-T-R-O-L . . . . .now thats a funny way to spell water

my water overflow goes into the bilge. plus i think my water tank is only 5 or 10 gallons...........but i only put water in my water tank