six days because of a water main break. listen, we're on this story on air and online at abc2news.com. the man who shot his former girlfriend in an ellicott city salon is still on the run. he is 35-year-old tuan minh pham wanted for firsthand second-degree attempted murder while the two victims are improving. business is getting back to normal. >> reporter: at the nail and hair care spa they're back open but the thoughts of a gunman is still a very vivid sight. >> absolutely. i would be lying if i said i wasn't shaken. to be exexpected -- expected, but i think business can get back to normal. >> reporter: that is the hope. this violent crime. it doesn't hurt this young and fragile business. the customers feel the same way. the spa was busy yesterday and had a steady flow all by patrons who said though wanted to support the business in the wake of a violent crime. >> it's always a shocking crime. people hear about shootings. they get scared. i'll still be coming out. >> reporter: meanwhile, police say the shooter, tuan minh pham; still -- is still at large. police located his honda and has processed it for evidence. pham is obviously armed and the charges will tell you he's dangerous. they are working with multiple jurisdictions to bring him back. back at the salon, they're working on getting back to normal. >> everyone came back to support you? >> yes. and they said they're going to come. they called and asked if we're okay. >> reporter: a community rallying around the victims and businesses, targeted by this shooting. ellicott city, brian cube learn, abc2 news. >> a lot of care for that place. if you know any information about pham's whereabouts, call. there is a $2500 reward being offered for information that leads to an arrest hoop -- arrest. a fire started yesterday on brin michael lane. it went right to the attic and spread to another building. 50 people are living else somewhere tonight. a lightning strike is the blame for a fire that caused extensive damage. the fire spread across the roof of the home on bel air's hemingway drive with flames reaching up to 15 feet high. a neighbor said she had seen lightning intensify as she returned home but wasn't prepared for what she found. >> i pulled in the driveway. as soon as i got out of the car, i smelled smoafnlgt i walked through -- smoke. i walked through my house and i could see the flames. >> witnesses say the lone resident, 72-year-old man wasn't home. the fire caused extensive damage to the roof and second floor as well. repairs are expected to take up to six months. >> we have a warning from baltimore county's volunteer firefighting company about a cam. the telemarketers are not affiliated with a firefighting company. none of the companies use telephone-based fund raising. they use either direct mail or door to door. the calls are coming from a branch of the international am fighters, a union that represents paid, not volunteer firefighters. another hot day. let's take a look at temperatures. outside we g you can see a few clouds. we're sitting at 94 degrees across much of the area with the real feel number feeling around 102. the humidity will continue through the overnight hours. take a look. not much happening on the radar scan. that's the good news. the bad news is the heat. that will hang tough. 93 downtown. 91 in easton. you factor in that humidity. it feels like 100 degrees toward the eastern shore. the rest of the evening will slowly fall back. 93 at 8:00, 9:00. there is the chance of an isolated storm. as we head toward the midnight hour, the chances diminish. what has my attention is well toward the northern plains. we're talking northern wisconsin, back toward parts of north dakota. there's a cold front. this drops south as we head into wednesday afternoon, interacts with paul the moisture, humidity on top of us. that could fire off showers and gusty thunderstorms. we'll time the arrivals. there's a slight drop in water pressure. it has nothing to do with what's going on downtown. this is something new. public works crews are replacing a break in southwest baltimore. water to the pipe has been temporarily stopped while crews are working on it. conservation measures should be kept in mind until work is finished in about two weeks. there is a 50/50 chance we could talk about extending gam beaming. the governor remains optimistic tonight to hold a special session in the next couple of weeks. the governor met with the mayor and leaders from prince george's county and montgomery county to see if they were aapproving the blackjack and gaming stable -- tables. well in health news, can banning transfat make fast food healthier? >> a new study says yes. >> back in 2006 new york city was the first to ban fast food restaurants from using transfats. now according to a study, the city's fast food has gotten healthier. traps fats raised the risk for heart disease, whichs is the leading cause of death in the u.s. the study looked at lunches bought at 11 major fast food chains it. found transfat was down an average of 2.4 grams. it focused on fast food restaurants including ham bur gerks sandwich shops, fried chicken and mexican. >> hamburger chains followed by fried chicken chains and mexican food chains. >> since new york put the ban on it, at least 16 additional states have adopted it. baltimore banned it back in 2009 and montgomery county approved a ban on partially hydrogenated oil. if you own a ford escape, ford is recalling thousands of suv's due to a problem with the brake and gas pedals. about 10,000 2013 ford escapes may have too much carpet padding and that could interfere with the brakes. after a three month drop in gas prices you may have to zig deeper in your wallet to fill up. the national average was down last week. the folkings at lundberg said it might have bottomed out. that means we could see oil prices, crude oil prices going up. on the day you get your ravens tickets in the mail you get this. ray rice has signed a deal. it went down to the bewitching hour. ratios up at the castle -- ray shows up at the castle. >> will smith is married to a baltimore girl. summer, summertime. time to sit back and unwind. >> those in the hiring office take 30 seconds to look it over. what are they looking for? you'll find out next. >> i'm meteorologist mike masco. right now let's take a look at the temperature. 93 in the city. we're tracking a storm that's 700 miles away from us. we'll talk about that in the 70s coming up -- seven-day forecast coming up on the news. do you see it ? there it is ! there it is ! where ? where ? it's getting away ! where is it ? it's gone. we'll find it. any day can be an adventure. that's why we got a subaru. love wherever the road takes you. wow, there it is. water is rushing out of a water main. it is a 20-inch main break that happen n. front of the old better's restaurant. water is gork out. it's flowing all the way into the harbor. look at the brown some of the traffic is standing still. there's nobody moving. fire trucks can't get to the scene. here leans, fayette, baltimore. that's your way out of town. if you want to go back in history it was 11 years ago this coming wednesday on the anniversary of the tunnel fire and our city was shut down for six days. again traffic in downtown baltimore is shut down as the city is trying to get out. >> all right. let's talk about the grand prix. it's months away. many were left unpaid. here's roosevelt leftwich with the latest. >> reporter: there are new organize ares in charge this year and they're bringing in new promoters. they said changings at the top will trickle down into the neighborhoods. the roar crowf the crowds, the -- of the crowds and cars could be heard. it left debts and a lot of businesses had their weekends crashed. >> tickets are available starting at 1:00 on our newly extended website. >> reporter: this time the folks or rung the big race say they are paying their bills. early ticket sales are good. in fact, they expect to start working on the track about now. they're also working on make the race more inclusive to the rest of the city and not just the west side. >> people will have the opportunity to come and go through our ticket styles. most don't allow you to leave the venue. in our case we are. we're stopping racing and entertainment at about 7:00. people will have the opportunity to have dinner. they can go out to phelps point. >> reporter: the prob lem with last year's race, once you got away from the street, traffic came to a halt. no one was going east. they were left with extra staff with no one coming in to hang out. so how do you get 100,000 people plus who don't know your city to start heading out into the city? one of two local promoters was brought on board to open things up a bit more. it will have a smaller foot printed, make -- foot print making it easier for people to walk around. they want parties and entertainment all over baltimore. >> we've been meeting with the business people on pratt street. we've been meeting at restaurants. we plan on having the event prior to the race where one of our dignitaries comes in. >> there's still time to buy tickets. single event tickets were on sale today. you can get them for individual days or three-day pass. it's all coming up on labor day. >> hopefully the water will be gone by then. >> it's turning out to be another searing summer. make sure you're not burned by scearms. joce sterman has a warning on the scams. >> reporter: the plan to resurface their driveway was avenued with good intentions. >> he said this would be so smooth you could skate on it here this is what brenda and her husband got. >> i drive a little car. this is what happened the first time i drove over it. >> reporter: that was three days after it was resurfaced. she said the material looked like gravel rather than asphalt. >> he had been on a job, had left over asphalt. >> reporter: just enough for her driveway. she said yes and wrote a check. late later she had second thoughts, tried to cash the check and it was -- stop the check but it was cashed within minutes. >> my money is gone. this cost me $3,000 to find out i had been scammed. he caught me that one day. >> reporter: scams like this one spiked during the summer according to rick brinkley with the better business bureau. >> some of the stuff we've seen people do in this community is outrageous. >> reporter: we came up with the top five tactics. first is i have extra material lts. the better business bureau said few legitimate contractors order too many materials. next i can fix it for less, but a about the quality. they tell you they'll give you a free inspefntle the bbb said that's a way to get you to let your guard down. number forks they said your insurance will pay for it. number five, i need all the money up front. the bbb said you should never be expected to pay most of the cost up front unless you're getting custom work done. >> reporter: brinkley said if you need repairs around the house research different companies and ask questions. you should always be the one to initiate a project. >> the scam areas pop up when the guy is going door to door. >> we work hard for our money. >> reporter: joce sterman, abc2 news. >> let's take a look. a pretty good look sunset, not too good looking along the bay. turning colors. all right. here's where we're at. 94 degrees. 93 outside our studio doors. we will be watching the temperatures fall back into the 90s. let's show you some time out photography for your afternoon. we were talking about lots of sunshine. chesapeake looks good with mostly sunny skies. it aloud temperatures to get -- allowed temperatures to get well into the 90s, soaking up nice conditions, a few clouds drifting across the sky this afternoon. otherwise, looking pretty good. maryland's most powerful radar is clear. we had a few passing showers over bel air. right now it's 93 degrees. 91 east. salisbury is 92. d.c. has a passing shower that coolinged you to 88 degrees. humidity in place, is making the temperature feels like 100. d.c. is feeling like 93. wilmington, delaware feels like 97 degrees. the heat and humidity combined, we have that excessive heat advisory for southern baltimore and all of the city limits until 9. i anticipate the weather service reissuing that. we are expect near dangerous heat on top of us during the course of your tuesday. a few clouds moving across the area. otherwise, we'll call it a mainly clear sky. 92 around the 8:00 hour. we'll wake up to 76. 96 as we head into tomorrow afternoon. so you can see some of the mopup showers. the mopup -- some of the pop-up showers. we'll watch this system her the northern plains that goes all the way into idaho. that's a system that comes out as we head into wednesday afternoon, wednesday evening. once this interacts with the heat and humidity, that could trigger off a shower. look at the heat. 99 degrees over the southern dakotas. all this heat is pouring on a southwesterly wind. another sizzling sunshine. upper 90s with real feel numbers between 100 and without -- 105. that will be enough of a trigger to give us a gusty shower. i'll show you future trend, temperatures going well into the 90s. very warm, temperature right around 98 degrees. eve hotter. gusty showers for wednesday, possibly into thursday, 90 degrees. going into the 80s as we head into the weekend. we'll be right back. 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