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On April 17, 2013, an ammonium nitrate explosion occurred at the West Fertilizer Company storage and distribution facility in West, Texas, United States (18 miles (29 km) north of Waco), while emergency services personnel were responding to a fire at the facility. [7]
The cause of the explosion was the ignition of ammonium nitrate used as raw material for fertilizer and explosives. [citation needed] Australia Taroom, Queensland 30 August 1972: 3 12 In the 1972 Taroom explosion, a truck carrying 12 tons of ammonium nitrate experienced an electrical fault and caught fire north of Taroom, Queensland. After the ...
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ANFO (/ ˈ æ n f oʊ / AN-foh) [1] (or AN/FO, for ammonium nitrate/fuel oil) is a widely used bulk industrial high explosive. It consists of 94% porous prilled ammonium nitrate (NH 4 NO 3 ) (AN), which acts as the oxidizing agent and absorbent for the fuel, and 6% number 2 fuel oil (FO). [ 2 ]
About 60,000 pounds of a chemical used as both a fertilizer and an explosive is missing after likely disappearing during a rail trip from Wyoming to California last month, according to federal ...
2019 Arys, Kazakhstan ammunition depot explosion: killed 2 people, injured dozens and 44,000 residents near the ammunition depot were evacuated. [4] 2020 Beirut Explosion August 4, 2020, a large amount of ammonium nitrate stored at the Port of Beirut in the capital city of Lebanon exploded, causing at least 218 deaths, 7,000 injuries
2 injured, 1 missing after explosion at Arkansas defense weapons plant. July 3, 2024 at 7:40 PM. CAMDEN, Ark. (AP) — An explosion at a defense weapons plant in Arkansas injured at least two ...