Stove explosion goes viral for creating Virginia-shaped shard

By Monday afternoon, the video from Fan resident Daisy Charette had over 3.3 million views and nearly half a million likes.

• The caption: "Virginia ain't for lovers it's for IRONIC SUFFERING."
• In a follow-up video, and in Facebook comments, Charette swore "it's not fake! It's literally a piece of stove!"
• The Virginia stove shard of 2025 has since been framed.

Zoom in: Charette tells Axios it was likely an electrical short that led to the now locally famous piece of art.

• And in the comments, she joked that the Eastern Shore piece got lodged in her boyfriend's arm when the stove went "kerblooey."