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.

A Russia-linked ship carrying 20,000 tons of explosives has reportedly discharged part of its load before returning to the U.K. Ruby, a Malta-flagged cargo ship dubbed a "floating bomb," set off ...

There is no indication that the ammonium nitrate - used to make explosives, fertilizer and antibiotics - has spilled, though the investigation is ongoing. Daily Express US has contacted local ...

Estimated yield: 1-2 kilotons of TNT Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany Date: September 21, 1921 Details: An accidental explosion of 4,500 tons of ammonium sulfate and ammonium nitrate fertilizer ...

As fire crews and air tankers work to block the wildfires' explosive growth, images of red clouds of fire retardant falling onto trees are common. What is it — and what's in it?

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The International Trade Commission ruled against imposing steep tariffs on uran ammonium nitrate fertilizers imported from Russia and Trinidad and Tobago. They voted that the U.S. domestic ...

In what could prove to be an alarming trend, terrorists who struck here used plasticisers for the first time in India to bind the explosive ammonium nitrate, says the chief of the National Security ...

Nitrate fertilisers can be made through neutralisation reactions. To complete this, a supply of nitric acid is required. Nitric acid is then used to make ammonium nitrate which is high in nitrogen.