Before you light up the night sky with fireworks for this Fourth of July, make sure you know your local regulations.

Fireworks are banned in several South Sound cities, and other communities restrict the times “safe and sane” fireworks can be discharged. Local law enforcement agencies will be out in force, and violators can face hefty fines.

Fireworks are banned in Tacoma, Federal Way, Fircrest, Lacey, Ruston and Des Moines.

Here are the times and dates when it is legal to discharge “safe and sane” fireworks – roughly anything that doesn’t fly or explode – such as sparklers:

Algona: noon to 11 p.m. Friday; noon to 2 a.m. Saturday.

Auburn: 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday.

Bonney Lake: 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Sunday; 9 a.m. to midnight Saturday.

Buckley: until noon Monday.

Covington: 9 a.m. to midnight on Saturday only.

DuPont: noon to 11 p.m. Thursday through Saturday.

Eatonville: until noon Sunday.

Edgewood: noon to 11 p.m. through Friday; noon to midnight Saturday; noon to 11 p.m Sunday.

Fife: until noon Monday.

Gig Harbor: Until noon Sunday.

Kent: 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday only.

Lakewood: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday though Sunday.

Maple Valley: 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday.

Milton: 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. through Friday; 9 a.m. to midnight Saturday; 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday.

Olympia: 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Orting: Saturday.

Pacific: 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday.

Puyallup: 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday.

Roy: noon to 11 p.m. through Sunday.

Steilacoom: noon to midnight Saturday.

Sumner: 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. through Monday.

University Place: 9 a.m. to midnight Saturday.

Yelm: until noon Monday.

Unincorporated King County: 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. through Saturday.

Unincorporated Pierce County: 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. through Friday; 9 a.m. to midnight Saturday; 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday.

Unincorporated Thurston County: 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Brian Everstine: 253-597-8374

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