HUNTSVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) – A truck carrying ammonium nitrate crashed Monday causing a road to close in Scott County. Tennessee Department of Transportation says State Route 60 at Anadell Road (SR 456) ...

The Delhi Red Fort car blast used an (as yet) unspecified amount of ANFO, an explosive compound containing ammonium nitrate and fuel oil, packed into a Hyundai i20. The bomb was set off by a detonator ...

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.

But on its own, ammonium nitrate is not considered an explosive. As the probe widens into the Delhi car blast, which killed at least nine people on Monday, one of the theories is that it might have ...

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 ...

(Reuters) - A massive warehouse explosion in Beirut killed at least 100 people and injured nearly 4,000. Lebanese President Michel Aoun said 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate had been stored for six ...

Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab said an estimated 2750 tons of ammonium nitrate had been stored at a warehouse for six years. Buildings as far away as 10 kilometers from the site of the explosion ...

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A deep-dive into the chemistry and legacy of the compound offers clues into what sparked Lebanon’s catastrophe. A large explosion rocked the Lebanese capital Beirut on August 4. The blast, which ...

Editor’s Note (8/4/21): On August 4, 2020, the Lebanese capital Beirut experienced a massive explosion caused by more than 2,700 tonnes of ammonium nitrate improperly stored near the city’s cargo port ...