Toxic Explosion Feared at California Chemical Plant
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The helium gas cylinder was reportedly used to inflate children's balloons for commercial purposes.
Police were called to settle a domestic dispute inside the two-story home on 130th St. near 109th Ave. in South Ozone Park early Thursday.
When the suburban home near Hayward exploded in a fiery blast after a PG&E gas leak in December, resident Jesus Duenas “fell into the basement of the house and saw a red-hot pipe explode,” according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday claiming PG&E falsely claimed to federal investigators that before the explosion it tried to warn neighborhood residents of the leak.
A Bay Area law firm, Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP, initiated legal proceedings against Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), Alameda County, and additional named entities, representing the Duneas family whose Ashland residence was destroyed in a December 2025 gas explosion.
A report from the National Transportation Safety Board says CPS Energy found a gas leak over an hour and a half before the second blast on Preston Hollow Drive.