Fireworks stands -- like Tulalip's Boom City -- opened on Tuesday, selling fireworks that are legal in some areas but illegal in city limits.

"We just haven't had time and we don't have the people, so we are trying to stay focused on more serious complaints," said Snohomish Police Chief John Turner.

Turner said his department is three officers short this year and that he does not have the manpower to police the use of illegal fireworks.

"The reality is, it becomes very difficult to enforce. The times the fireworks are being shot are our peak hours of operation when we are getting a lot of complaints," Turner said.

A source with King County Fire told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reporter David Quinlan that the agency has fewer resources this year because of budget cuts and it plans to prosecute anyone who sets fire to something with illegal fireworks, even if it's an accident.