Cleaning a 'blast' for one US family, Domestic Cleaning

Cleaning a 'blast' for one US family - 20/07/2008

One unsuspecting US family had a white-knuckle encounter when they began cleaning their house over the weekend.

What was supposed to be a routine day of domestic cleaning in the Worcester household quickly became one of fear and panic after an unexploded mortar shell was discovered.

Worcester city police Sergeant Timothy Watts described how events unfolded in the Telegram and Gazette.

He said: "The family was cleaning out the house as a result of a death. While cleaning, they discovered a military ordnance."

However, much to the relief of the family, the offending article was removed from the house without need for detonation.

Meanwhile a farmer in Gloucestershire in the UK had a similar scare recently when he discovered an unexploded bomb in his back garden while digging up potatoes.