The owners of an Alameda County home next door to a house that was destroyed in a PG&E pipeline explosion last year have filed a lawsuit of their own.

Robin Powell and her adult son Kyle filed suit last week in Alameda County Superior Court over the Dec. 11 explosion and fire that completely obliterated their neighbor’s home in the 800 block of East Lewelling Boulevard in the unincorporated 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.