In 1947, a fire broke out on a ship docked at Texas City, igniting 2,300 tons of ammonium nitrate and causing an explosion that killed 600 people. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP.

Ammonium nitrate on its own is not itself classified as dangerous. PARIS and LONDON -- An explosion at a warehouse stocked with 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate in the Beirut port changed the face ...

In 1947, an explosion in Texas City, Texas, killed at least 581 people and wounded 3,500 after two cargo ships carrying ammonium nitrate caught fire. In 2013, a fertilizer plant in West, Texas ...

The colossal explosion in Lebanon’s capital this week was apparently caused when more than 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate detonated. The stockpile had been left for years at the city's port in a ...

Lebanon’s government has blamed a large quantity of poorly stored ammonium nitrate for the huge blast that rocked its capital, Beirut. What is this chemical, and why did it explode?

Burning ammonium nitrate in an open field, for instance, isn't likely to result in an explosion, Rae said. Additionally, in the explosion, not all of the ammonium nitrate is used up and exploded.

The investigation into an explosion in the harbor of Lebanon’s port city of Beirut is focusing on how 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate, a highly explosive chemical used in fertilizers, came to be ...

Sunday Journal: Aftermath of Beirut blast 03:00. Ammonium nitrate, which Lebanese authorities have said caused the devastating Beirut explosions, is an odorless crystalline substance commonly used ...

An estimated 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate, an explosive compound, was stored in the warehouse, according to Lebanon Prime Minister Hassan Diab. People walk at scene of an explosion in Beirut ...

Officials believe 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate that had been stored in a warehouse since it was confiscated from a ship in 2014 likely fueled the huge explosion. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...

Here is the information he has gathered about the explosion in Beirut.Lebanese officials say that thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate stored in a warehouse at the port in Beirut ...

The explosion that ripped through Beirut on Tuesday was likely caused by a fire that detonated an estimated 2,750 metric tons ... Ammonium nitrate is a chemical compound widely used in farming as ...