Woman shot in leg by her own oven

An American woman has been taken to hospital after she was shot in the leg by her oven.

Cory Davis, 56, had been stoking the coals in her cast-iron stove when she heard something explode and felt pain in her left calf, reports Peninsula Daily News.

Davis, of Sekiu, Washington, said she initially thought she was struck by a hot coal.

However, she later discovered that she had been hit by a 22-gauge shotgun shell accidentally placed in the stove along with some newspaper after a case of the ammunition had spilled in her home about a month ago.

"There's always that one problem stray," she said, adding: "And of course, it got me."

Medical staff later cleaned the shallow wound and no further treatment was required.

"How many people get shot by [their] stove?" Davis said, admitting that she was in some pain but found the incident amusing.