Why was the explosion so massive? "The plant uses ammonium nitrate in fertilizer production, the same chemical used in 1995's Oklahoma City Bombing," says Siobhan Morris at Newstalk 1010.

But according to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), "contamination of ammonium nitrate is generally expected to increase the likelihood of an explosion if that ammonium nitrate is subject to a ...

The lawn and garden fertilizer plant is home to more than 300 tons of ammonium nitrate, and officials feared a potential explosion. According to local media, the fire started Monday night.

Chemical engineer and community campaigner Keith Craig says an explosion could have dire consequences. "Over the years, over 40 or so major explosions of ammonium nitrate. This is just the latest one.

While the cause of the explosion was not immediately known, local media citing the country’s authorities said that ammonium nitrate stored in the port may have triggered the blast. The explosion ...

The ammonium nitrate had reportedly been unloaded from a ship impounded at the port in 2013, and then stored in a warehouse there. The explosion comes at a sensitive time for Lebanon, with an ...

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At least 190 people died when 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate detonated. Some 300,000 people were left homeless by the blast on 4 August. How long can survivors last under rubble? There has been ...

Initial investigations into the Beirut port blast indicate years of inaction and negligence over the storage of highly explosive material caused the explosion ... tons of ammonium nitrate, used ...

Savaro reportedly purchased 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate that blew up ... suggestion the Syrian government could be linked to the explosion was met with anger in Lebanon.