Ammonium nitrate, which Lebanese authorities have said was the cause of the Beirut blast, is an odorless crystalline substance commonly used as a fertilizer that has been the cause of numerous ...

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 ...

The high-intensity blast near the iconic Red Fort in Delhi that killed nine on November 10, 2025, is reported to have involved Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil (ANFO) and detonators, sources reveal.

A fertilizer explosion that killed 15 people and injured dozens in West, Texas, in April 2013 was intentionally set, government officials said during a press conference Wednesday. "The fire has been ...

Pope Leo XIV prayed Tuesday at the site of a deadly 2020 Beirut port explosion that has become a symbol of Lebanon’s dysfunction and official impunity as he offered words of consolation to Lebanon’s ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Pope Leo XIV prayed Tuesday at the site of a deadly 2020 Beirut port explosion that has become a symbol of dysfunction and official impunity and called for justice to prevail, as he ...

Three days after a massive explosion rocked Lebanon’s capital city Beirut, the country’s President Michel Aoun said that an investigation committee is presently looking into whether the blast was ...

On April 16, 1947, a small fire aboard the SS Grandcamp ignited more than 2,300 tons of ammonium nitrate and triggered one of the deadliest industrial disasters in American history. The blast leveled ...