On August 4, 2020, a massive explosion ripped through the port of Beirut, Lebanon, killing 218 people, injuring thousands, ...

The IDF in its statement also notes the deadly 2020 Beirut port blast, which occurred after some 2,750 tons of ammonium ...

In-depth: No one has been held accountable for the 2020 Beirut blast, but as political dynamics shift, the resumption of a ...

even areas outside of Beirut. Ammonium nitrate has a number of different uses, but the two most common are as an agricultural fertilizer and as an explosive. It is highly explosive when it comes ...

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was caused by a fire that ignited nearly 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrate stored in a port warehouse. Lebanon’s military gets sweeping powers after Beirut blast Lebanon's Parliament on Thursday ...

The ammonium nitrate was taken off and discharged into the port's warehouses due to the risk of leaving it on board. The last time ship trackers picked up the vessel's location was Beirut in ...

but President Michel Aoun said that thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate, used in fertilizers and bombs, had been stored for six years at the port without safety measures. Beirut mayor Jamal ...

docked in Beirut in September 2013 when it had technical problems while sailing from Georgia to Mozambique with 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate. It said that, upon inspection, the vessel was ...

Estimated yield: 1.1 kilotons of TNT Location: Beirut, Lebanon Date: 2020 Details: An accidental explosion of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate stored at the Port of Beirut killed 218 people and ...

Aftermath of the 2020 ammonium nitrate explosion in Beirut, Lebanon. Description: Invented by Alfred Nobel in 1866, the explosive component of dynamite is a stabilized form of TNT. TNT Equivalent ...