A Hayward-area family whose rental home was obliterated in a gas blast along East Lewelling Boulevard is now suing Pacific Gas & Electric, Alameda County and a pair of construction firms, saying a Dec. 11, 2025 pipeline explosion left them badly injured and with nothing left to salvage. Their lawsuit seeks money for extensive medical care, long-term disabilities and the total loss of their home.
The complaint, filed May 13 in Alameda County Superior Court, names Pacific Gas & Electric, Redgwick Construction Co., subcontractor Mayo Asphalt Milling, and Alameda County as defendants, according to the court complaint. The filing says three people were inside the home on the 800 block of East Lewelling Boulevard when the blast flattened the house, leading to multiple surgeries for the residents. It lays out the family’s injuries and alleges the defendants knew gas was leaking for hours before the explosion but still did not warn people living nearby, according to the same complaint.
Federal investigators have put together a preliminary timeline that reads like a slow-moving nightmare. A crew struck a gas service line at about 7:25 AM. Workers reported leaks and isolated one section around 8:18 AM, but gas on the main line was not shut off until roughly 9:29 AM, and the home exploded about 9:36 AM, according to an initial report from the NTSB. The agency notes the main distribution running along East Lewelling was installed in 1942 and says its probe is focusing on excavation practices and PG&E’s leak response procedures, with physical evidence from the scene now undergoing lab analysis…