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 ...

WEST, TEXAS — Tuesday marks five years since an intentionally-set fire caused an explosion at the West Fertilizer Company in the small town of West, TX, killing 15 people, injuring more than 260 and ...

More than four years after a potentially deadly fire destroyed a Winston-Salem fertilizer plant, settlements have reached $12.5 million in a class-action lawsuit related to the blaze. In the second of ...

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.

Workers at a cooperative farm near Shanghai scatter fertilizer across fields of winter wheat. Image from the May issue of National Geographic magazine. My first reaction when I heard details of this ...

A massive explosion has rocked a Russian ammonium nitrate plant, sending shockwaves and plumes of fire into the sky. Watch the footage and see the catastrophic scale of the blast. Big sigh of relief: ...