"The explosion happened on the morning of December 11, 2025, on a quiet residential street in Ashland, an area in unincorporated Alameda County just north of Hayward, and west of Castro Valley. A neighbor's doorbell camera captured the scene, as construction workers were digging up the street outside the home. Three family members who were home at the time of the blast sustained injuries and remained hospitalized a week later, and the home on East Lewelling Boulevard was completely leveled."
"Now, as the Chronicle reports, the family that was living in the home has filed a lawsuit against PG&E, whose workers were on the scene due to a gas leak that had begun two hours before the explosion, as well as the contractors who were doing the road work Redgwick Construction and Mayo Asphalt Milling and Alameda County, which ordered the work to be done. The lawsuit also names the landlord who owns the property, Angela Plowman, accusing her for not having the home's gas lines checked."
""No one knocked on the door, no one told them to leave the area," says attorney Niall McCarthy, speaking to the Chronicle. "Allowing gas to escape for two hours is a tremendously long amount of time that creates an incredibly high risk of an explosion." Inside the home at the time were Jesus Duenas Ponce, who was reportedly knocked into the home's basement by the blast and suffered burns and broken bones, along with his sister, Maria Del Socorro Duenas Ponce and her adult daughter, Soledad Flores, who were both asleep at the time of the explosion."
"They both required surgery for their injuries, and suffered broken bones, according the lawsuit, and McCarthy says that Maria has lasting injuries including to her jaw, and to her left arm. "This is something that will be with them forever," McCa"
A gas-leak explosion occurred on December 11, 2025, on a residential street in Ashland, an unincorporated area of Alameda County. Construction workers were digging up the street outside a rental home when the blast happened. A neighbor’s doorbell camera captured the incident. Three family members inside the home were injured and remained hospitalized a week later. The home on East Lewelling Boulevard was completely leveled. The gas leak had reportedly been present for about two hours before the explosion. The family filed a lawsuit against PG&E, the road-work contractors Redgwick Construction and Mayo Asphalt Milling, Alameda County, and the landlord, alleging failures including not checking the home’s gas lines and not warning residents to leave the area.
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