too much for them. now one neighbor was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation after he tried to rescue the victims. again, no word on the cause of the fire. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >> thank you. another fire in sparrows point. baltimore county police got the call just before early sunday morning. they raced out to 2603 sparrows point road and saw heavy flames. luckily, everyone inside made it out okay. at last check, no injuries and the fire remains under investigation. news time is a minute after 5. they are getting ready for a spectacular show with the inner harbor. as always, the biggest show in town. and linda so is live this morning with what you can expect. linda, you have your spot picked out? >> i do. up here at federal hill, that is great place to be up so high. right by the fireworks. we know that the show will be huge. it always is. before the fireworks show lights up the sky here, there will be plenty of things to do all day long for your entire family. festivities will get underway at haror at noon with entertainment -- harbor at noon with entertainment for the the kids. thousands will come to celebrate america's 225th birthday. setup for the show has begun in curtis bay. two barges are stacked with more than 1400 shells. the fire work show will last 18 minutes and it will be srchgry niecesed to music and the west shore -- synchronized to music and the west shore. like last year, the department will get help from other jurisdictionss. they are not saying how many cops will be on patrol but last year more than 300 officers were around the harbor. >> officers will be in uniform. but we will have some officers who are out not in uniform. >> reporter: so the fireworks show will get underway at 9:30 tonight. but before that happens, all day long, there will be festivities that kick off here at the harbor at noon, live entertainment for the kid at the inner harbor's west shore park by the visitor's center. performances throughout the day also at the amphitheater. live in the inner harbor, linda so, abc2 news. fireworks experts say you want to avoid buying fireworks in brown paper. they are probably for professional displays not easy to get one that is you want to get in your backyard. make sure that you light the fireworks while they are not in your hand. don't do that. if you do that, you could be hurt very easily. on the website, abc2 news . com, find a list of fireworks -- abc2news.com, find a list of fireworks display in your area. again, for more information go to abc2news.com. if you are heading out today to the beach, maybe a barbeque, choose a designated driver. however if you are in baltimore city at a bar and can't find one, you have an option. tipsy taxi will be out in full force to get you home safely. they offer free rides home to people in the baltimore city area up to the value of $50. the only -- they will pick you up at restaurants or bars. the program runs through tonight and the number is on the screen to call. 1-877-963-taxi and we have all the information posted on the website. it's at abc2news.com. all right. news time is 5:04. you may remember this question, it's 11:00, do you know where your children are. >> baltimore city police want you to start answering that question every night. we have more on a new series here on abc2 news. and heading out on the water get snacks and sun block and do not forget the life jacket a reminder about one of the important things you got to take with you as you go out on the open water. you are watching "good morning maryland" first and only at 4:30. a live look at maryland's most powerful doppler radar. back in a bit. i'm just a piece of dust living at the corner of j and k, spending too many nights alone at the spacebar. will love ever find me? ♪ oh yes! ♪ what about love?! 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going through the rest of the afternoon and also evening. check out what we had yesterday, though. we were on the hot side baltimore came in right around 93 degrees. more of the same into winchester, 95 in charlotsville and 90 in york and 91 in hagerstown and i am forecasting close to the temperatures for today. right now, the temperature into baltimore coming in at around 71. 72 in easton and 71 at patuxent river. 70 in dulles and more into winchester. moisture is a big factor this time of the year. so, dew points the measure the moisture in the air and over 65, you are feeling it. feeling nasty outside. 72 degrees now for the dew point temperature into easton. satellite and radar not picking up on a lot. that's good news. the showers and thunderstorms that we got yesterday and this morning starting to fizzle out a little bit. but they will fire back up possibly as we go into the afternoon. reason why, we have a cold front back towards the west. and it's going to sag more to the south and as it does it will stall out around virginia and that's the focal point as we start to get more showers and thunderstorms going into the afternoon and future radar. picking up on that, as we go into the afternoon time frame, we will have scattered showers and thunderstorms, but most will stay off to the east or eastern shore heading to the beach today. ocean city looks like it could be a little bit more wet. tuesday, things will dry out more. that's good news. more sunshine in the forecast. but today hot and hazy and temperatures around 92. yesterday, we got up to 93 degrees. and with that heat, we had the chance for showers and thunderstorms. by tonight, more of the same. patchy clouds and temperatures coming in around 6. by tomorrow, a better day i believe e think we will be more dry -- i think we will be more dry outside. the seven-day forecast, still looks more of the same. we have the temperatures in the 90 -- 90s and it will be hot and we have the chance for showers and thunderstorms. it won't be until the weekend that we start to dry things out and temperatures willan. >> thanks so much. 18 minutes after five this morning. if you walk along main street in northeast, or see the boats zooming by, you see the boats heading for the bay. of course annapolis is all about sailing there. but from captains to third mates you have to be careful if you are on the water. eric nelson has the story that could save your life. >> it is the number one most effective thing to keep you safe on the water. >> reporter: the sun up is and the boaters are out in high force on loch raven reservoir. >> the very first thing to be aware of going out on water is to put the life jacket on. you need to wear it. >> water is unpredictable for one, and even though you can swim, you know it's a safeguard. anything can happen. >> you have to listen to the captain. >> reporter: carl and sherry sherman know how to swim. >> i am the captain. >> reporter: but even they know the importance of wearing the life jackets. >> yes, we wear our life jackets. >> mandatory. >> mandatory. even though we are swimmers, we still have to be safe. >> reporter: and those with children need to take special precautions. >> you want to make sure you're choosing a life jacket for your kid that fits them at this time. you don't want one that they are going to grow into. that's one of the worst things you can do. >> reporter: you also want to make sure it fits right. >> when you put it on the child, if you were to pull up, if it comes up around their ears, that means it's too big and you need to find a different size for your child. >> reporter: another good tip, let them pick it out. >> they are fun -- there are fun styles colorful with their favorite cartoon characters. >> cinderella. >> reporter: carrollton -- carol discuss it with her daughter. >> even if they can swim, she can keep herself above but that's about like you know, it's just for a little bit and it would be pretty hard to -- there would be a good chance she wouldn't make it very long. >> reporter: wearing the life jacket could be the difference between a good day on the water and a disasterous one. >> you know you never get another chance. >> reporter: in north baltimore, eric nealson. >> eric says that another thing to keep in mind when picking out a life jacket, make sure that it is u.s. coast guard approved. it's 5:20. this morning people are still talking about a drowning that took place outside boston. check this out. a woman's lifeless body went unnoticeed at the crowded public pool for nearly three days. we know exactly how that woman died and lindsay davis has an update. >> reporter: the autopsy report confirms what many struggled to believe. the 36-year-old marie joseph drowned sunday afternoon and went undetected by swimmers he, lifeguards and health inspect db -- swimmers, lifeguards and health inspectors for three days. children swam in the pool-aware there was a corpse in the water -- pool-aware there was a corpse in the watter. >> the only thing of note is the inspector did indicate that the pool water was cloudy. >> reporter: her neighbors's 9- year-old son said he told the lifeguard when she went down the slide she never came back up. but he says no one looked for her. conventional wisdom suggest no one would have to look that a body on the floor of a pool would stand out. but investigators say when the pool opened for the season, just one day before joseph went, the water was murky and cloudy. but even in clear water, just look at what happens when this dummy sinks to the bottom of the pool. in still water you can see it. but in age tatted water when -- agitated water, it is almost impossible to make out. and in this video produced in 2003 by a lifeguard training company to test lifeguards, when they put dumbies in crowded pools to see if lifeguards would spot them, none of the lifeguards saw the dumbies even after they had been submerged for three minutes. vj figure fisher says he is aware of similar scenarios. >> on a sunny day, you can have sunlight rays off the surface of the water creating a situation that the lifeguard can't look below the surface even with clear water. >> that was lindsay davis reporting. a boating accident leaves one person in critical condition this morning and a boat operator is facing charges. investigators say dennis allen was trying to tie up boats together when he accidently ran over deandra scott. he faces misdemeanor charges of a neglect operator and not having enough life jackets on board. there's no better time to say thank you to our troops than to do it on the july 4th holiday. >> no better way than doing it by getting together as a community to show gratitude. we will tell you what's going on in one community on this patriotic holiday. and a big star used to the stage have time to practice, too. we are heading down the road tod.c. where they are rehearsing for a huge show set to take place. you are 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