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Here’s where fireworks are and aren’t banned around the Seattle area

Deb Redick, center, from Mercer Island, helps Karen Xu, from Newcastle pick out fireworks at a stand in Seattle on Mercer Island on Friday, June 30, 2023. Run by the Kiwanis Club of Mercer Island and the Kiwanis Club of KCCP-Seattle proceeds will benefit the Seattle Children’s Hospital Pediatric Oncology Fellowship program. Mercer Island is one of the only cities in King County that allows people to purchase and discharge fireworks. There is one fireworks stand on the island. 224328

A dwindling few cities, like Mercer Island, have kept the spark alive.

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