Austria firewood explodes in stove

VIENNA -- Austrian police investigating a grenade blast were less puzzled by the explosion and more by where it took place -- inside a wood stove that appeared to contain nothing but firewood. Police spokeswoman Petra Datscher said Monday a World War II grenade apparently landed on a tree during fighting. It was then enveloped by wood growing around it to the point that it was invisible when the tree was chopped down for firewood and sold to the market where the stove's owner bought it.

-- Associated Press

The blast Sunday in the lakeside town of Gmunden shattered the stove's glass panel, but the sturdy wrought-iron stove prevented injuries.