Surplus military explosives were once sold as fertilizer, with no thought spared for their flammability.

A massive explosion at a Russian ammonium nitrate facility has triggered widespread concern after dramatic footage of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. April 16, 1947: The worst industrial accident in U.S. history occurred when the French ship Grandcamp exploded while docked at ...

Nearly six years after the ammonium nitrate explosion that devastated Beirut on August 4, 2020, Lebanese authorities ...

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Drone video of Fertilizer Plant Fire from incident command post. If you are within 1 mile of 4440 North Cherry Street, please evacuate! Source – City of Winston-Salem, NC @CityofWS About 6,500 people ...

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

Join us on a journey to better understand Houston, one question at a time. Sign up to get the Houston Explained newsletter in your inbox every Tuesday and Friday. On the morning of April 16, 1947, a ...