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 of a ...

Ammonium nitrate is a commodity chemical that is widely used as a fertilizer and as an industrial explosive, but it is well known that poor storage can significantly raise the risk of an explosion in ...

Investigators have pinpointed ammonium nitrate fertilizer as the cause of the devastating blast in West. But it isn’t easy to explode. Experts say this common solid nitrogen fertilizer isn’t even ...

The enormous explosion has left up to 300,000 people homeless, say authorities. LONDON and PARIS -- The death toll in Tuesday's massive explosion in a Beirut warehouse has climbed past 100 as search ...

The Winston-Salem fire chief’s dread was based on his knowledge of deadly incidents involving ammonium nitrate in the past, ...