UPDATE: Three charged with arson.

A fire that erupted shortly before 1 a.m. at 74 Medford St. went to two alarms, the Boston Fire Department reports.

Several residents were treated on scene for smoke inhalation; an MBTA bus was brought in for residents until the Boston Housing Authority and the Red Cross could find places for them to say. The three-story brick building has nine apartments.

Fire officials say the fire was confined to a first-floor apartment but that smoke reached throughout the building. The cause of the blaze, which did an estimated $100,000 in damage, is still under investigation.

Boston Fireman tweets the flaming manhole on Gertrude Street generated high-enough levels of carbon monoxide to have residents of several homes evacuated around 5:45 p.m. today.

The Somerville Transportation Equity Project reports on the contract expected to be awarded tomorrow.

There's something sad about a supermarket that's shutting down forever. We visited the Hi-Lo in Jamaica Plain yesterday, picking over what was left amid the half-empty shelves along with some other shoppers. We paid for our frying pan (30% off), Hershey's kisses, seltzer and pineapple soda at a register with a sign reading "WHOSE FOOD?"