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The invention relates to an open-type engine generator unit comprising a framework having vertical pipe frame portions at four comers thereof, an engine, an electric-power generator to be driven by the engine, the engine and the electric-power generator being provided coaxially in a direction of an output shaft of the engine within a space defmed by the framework, a fuel tank disposed above the engine and electric-power generator between a pair of support members each spanning between a different pair of the vertical pipe frame portions, and a muffler connected to an exhaust-discharging end of the engine and positioned adjacent the fuel tank, characterized in that the fuel tank and the muffler are disposed in a side-by-side relation with top and side portions of the muffler being covered by a heat blocking cover, the heat blocking cover being placed between the pair of support members in such a way that a substantially entire top region of the space defmed by the framework is covered with the fuel tank and the heat blocking cover.