Hartline toddler finds live WWII grenade

On Monday, Sept. 29, in Hartline, Washington, a three-year-old boy found a live World War II–era hand grenade in his family’s front yard near Willard Street and brought it inside to show his parents, who called 911. Grant County deputies and the Washington State Patrol Bomb Squad responded, determined the device was live, and carefully removed it from the residence. They transported the grenade to a rural area north of Hartline for safe disposal. The grenade appeared weathered and exposed to the elements, consistent with WWII-era ordnance, and investigators say it remains unclear how long it had been in the yard or how it got there. No one was injured.