A prospective buyer of the 23-unit apartment complex had commissioned the soil tests. Preliminary reports indicated that a natural gas pipeline may have been damaged.

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.

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.