An explosion at a warehouse in the Port of Beirut on Tuesday killed more than 100 people and left more than 4,000 people injured. In the aftermath of the blast, videos show plumes of red-brown ...

Beirut officials have identified ammonium nitrate as the base component of Tuesday's explosion. Nearly 6,000 tonnes of the chemical ignited and burst through a port in the Lebanese capital ...

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 ...

And in 2013, an explosion at another fertilizer plant in the city of West, TX, claimed the lives of 15 people, injured more than 300, and destroyed or damaged over 150 structures.

The massive explosion created a mushroom cloud and left apocalyptic scenes in its wake, killing at least 100 people and leaving thousands more injured. Ammonium nitrate, a chemical used in ...