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 ...

At least 70 are dead and more than 3,500 are injured, authorities say. LONDON -- More than 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate was stored in the Beirut warehouse that was the scene of Tuesday's deadly ...

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 ...

"I am assuming that there was a small explosion that instigated the reaction of the ammonium nitrate — whether that small explosion was an accident or something on purpose I haven't heard yet." ...

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Experts believe the cause of the explosion is linked to 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate that had been stored at a warehouse at the port in Lebanon's capital since 2014. Ammonium nitrate is a ...

HOUSTON — Tuesday’s deadly explosion in Beirut is being blamed on fireworks and ammonium nitrate. More than 100 people were killed and thousands more injured in the massive blast. The scale of ...

Nearly 3,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate - taken from a ship off the coast of Beirut six years ago and then stored in a warehouse - has been blamed for the explosion that ripped through the port ...

Ammonium nitrate is a crystal-like white solid which is made in large industrial quantities. Its biggest use is as a source of nitrogen for fertiliser, but it is also used to create explosives for ...

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 caused the ...