WEST (CBS 11 NEWS) – Investigators have now ruled what many have suspected: the ammonium nitrate stored at the West Fertilizer Company's plant exploded. But the 29 state and federal agencies involved in the probe still don't know what triggered the ...
Reuters SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Investigators have confirmed that ammonium nitrate was the trigger for the explosion at a West, Texas, fertilizer plant last mon...
Pork Magazine The fire marshal's office has been leading the investigation of the April 17 blast, along with the federal Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agency (ATF). Ammonium nitrate is a dry fertilizer mixed with other fertilizers such as phosphate and ...
ABS CBN News Ammonium nitrate is a dry fertilizer mixed with other fertilizers such as phosphate and applied to crops to promote growth. It can be combustible under certain conditions, and was used as an ingredient in the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 that left 168 ...