NTSB Says 2006 Fire Caused by Fuel Contact with Hot Engine Surface

Monday, March 26, 2007
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said that the probable cause of a fire on board a small passenger vessel in Massachusetts on June 12, 2006 was the ignition of diesel fuel by contact with a hot engine surface.
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