THE DREDGE OPERATOR WAS PUMPING MATERIALS WHEN HE HEARD A NOISE IN THE ENGINE ROOM. HE THEN STARTED TO CLEAN OUT AND SHUT DOWN WHEN HE SAW A MASSIVE FLAME COVER THE ENGINE ROOM, HE EVACUATED T HE DREDGE & CALLED THE FIRE DEPT. THE DREGE APPEARS TO BE A TOTAL LOSS BUT THERE WERE NO INJURIES.