 You want to have it there so that you can extinguish the fire, you can extinguish the firework. He says grass and debris can still burn despite all the recent rainfall. In other news, a 27-year-old man from Minneapolis is the victim of an apparent drowning Wednesday morning near the campgrounds at Afton State Park Beach in the southeast metro. The Washington County Sheriff's Office says the man was swimming 20 to 30 feet offshore in roughly 12 feet of water when witnesses lost sight of him.