All six people injured in a gas line explosion and fire that leveled at least one home near Hayward on Thursday are expected to survive.

The six were sent to the hospital following the explosion in the 800 block of East Lewelling Boulevard in the unincorporated Alameda County community of Ashland.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.