For now, these are 15 of the biggest manmade explosions in history, along with some ... An accidental explosion of 4,500 tons of ammonium sulfate and ammonium nitrate fertilizer exploded at ...

Why was the explosion so massive? "The plant uses ammonium nitrate in fertilizer production, the same chemical used in 1995's Oklahoma City Bombing," says Siobhan Morris at Newstalk 1010.

"Over the years, over 40 or so major explosions of ammonium nitrate. This is just the latest one. So it's really a major concern; even though the likelihood is low, the outcome is catastrophic.

A Lebanese security source has said the initial blaze that sparked the explosion was caused by welding work. It started in warehouse 9 and then spread to warehouse 12, where the ammonium nitrate ...

But according to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), "contamination of ammonium nitrate is generally expected to increase the likelihood of an explosion if that ammonium nitrate is subject to a ...

The lawn and garden fertilizer plant is home to more than 300 tons of ammonium nitrate, and officials feared a potential explosion. According to local media, the fire started Monday night.

While the cause of the explosion was not immediately known, local media citing the country’s authorities said that ammonium nitrate stored in the port may have triggered the blast. The explosion ...

The tanker was carrying 42 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, which triggered an explosion. "Just after 9:40am, a blast was heard and felt and there was a visible large cloud of smoke," Superintendent ...