Three injured in boat engine explosion today: Lake Pleasant AZ

[ktbarrentine]

Keep these three fellow boaters in your thoughts and prayer tonight.. Still in the burn unit after the engine compartment exploded just after launch at the 10-boat ramp at Lake Pleasant, AZ. Preliminarily attributed to fuel vapors accumulating in the compartment. Make me wonder if they had the blower running?

http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/regio...eople-injured-in-lake-pleasant-boat-explosion

 

[888]

Re: Three injured in boat engine explosion today: Lake Pleasant AZ

Make me wonder if they had the blower running?

http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/regio...eople-injured-in-lake-pleasant-boat-explosion

I think its obvious they didn't. Hope this makes people slow down and take a minute to the run the blower. God speed to the three aboard.

 

[robert graham]

Re: Three injured in boat engine explosion today: Lake Pleasant AZ

That's too bad, but guess it's gonna happen from time to time. My brother burned up in a gasoline fire 35 years ago, and even now, I think about it when I'm gassing up my boat, lawn mower, whatever....all it takes is those @#$% fumes and a little spark!...and everything changes forever!...

 

[RogersJetboat454]

Re: Three injured in boat engine explosion today: Lake Pleasant AZ

Makes you wonder if auto parts were used in place of marine grade parts, with the usual excuse that "Marine grade parts are the same as auto parts, with a higher price"....

 

[emoney]

Re: Three injured in boat engine explosion today: Lake Pleasant AZ

It's the "it won't happen to me" mentality and we're all guilty of it from time to time. Running an outboard now, but I don't know how many times I've started boats over the years with only running the blower for 20-30 seconds or without even turning it on and then going, "oops, I forgot the blower". This is a sad story and I feel for those guys and hope they make it out ok. If so, there's going to be lot of pain yet to come. God be with them.

 

[glenn property of pam]

Re: Three injured in boat engine explosion today: Lake Pleasant AZ

im surprissed they dont make a sensor that tells you if the air contains gas fumes.

 

[Thalasso]

Re: Three injured in boat engine explosion today: Lake Pleasant AZ

im surprissed they dont make a sensor that tells you if the air contains gas fumes.

My boat has an alarm that when you turn the key to the on position it will go off telling you there are fumes in the engine compartment.

I think the sensor is attached to the bilge auto fire system