East Bay Family Sues PG&E, Contractors Over Home Explosion That Injured Six

An Alameda County family is now suing over a dramatic gas-leak explosion last December that was caught on camera, injuring three people inside and destroying their rental home.

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.

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