Awaiting disaster, ammonium nitrate was stored at Beirut port for years
Satellite images show Beirut's port before and after Tuesday's massive blast/ Satellite images show Beirut's port before and after Tuesday's massive blast (AFP Photo/-)/ Beirut (AFP) - For at least six years, hundreds of tonnes of ammonium nitrate, which Lebanese authorities say caused Tuesday's massive blast, were negligently stored in a Beirut port warehouse, waiting for disaster to strike. The odourless crystalline substance commonly used as a fertiliser has caused numerous industrial explosions over the decades -- including the massive ...
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