Warnings flashed for years of explosives at heart of Beirut, shows a newly surfaced documentYet in a circle of negligence, nothing was done - and on Tuesday, the 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate blew up, obliterating the city's main ...
Beirut's accidental cargo: How an unscheduled port visit led to disasterProkoshev said the ship was carrying 2,750 tonnes of a highly combustible chemical from Georgia to Mozambique when the order came to divert...
Ammonium nitrate confiscated from a cargo ship likely fueled Beirut explosionThe scale of the damage _ from the epicenter of the explosion at the port of Beirut to the windows blown out kilometers (miles) away _ rese...