burning stove explodes at Newport house 7 January 2014 Last updated at 08:30 A wood-burning stove has exploded at a house in Newport leaving one person needing hospital treatment. Firefighters were called to the house in Malpas Road in Brynglas just after 19:00 GMT on Monday. The explosion, which happened on the ground floor of a terraced house, did not cause a fire. The injured person was treated by paramedics at the scene before being taken to the Royal Gwent Hospital as a precautionary measure.