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 Beirut ammonium nitrate explosion The explosions that occurred on August 4, 2020, in Beirut, were linked to the accumulation of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate that had been stored in the port ...

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 ...