Two Des Moines residents have filed lawsuits after separate home explosions tied to natural gas, with both cases now moving through Polk County court.
One case follows a June 30 explosion at a rental home on Sampson Street that left a woman critically injured. The other stems from a July 14 incident on Euclid Avenue, where a family alleges a gas line was struck during excavation work, triggering a leak and explosion.
The lawsuits name different defendants and describe different causes, but both center on how gas systems were handled before the blasts. Allegations range from failures to inspect or warn to claims that excavation work was done without proper precautions…