Two days later, Radeke discovered that another magazine, in which a mixture of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil was stored, had also been broken into. Hundreds of blasting caps, needed to ignite a larger ...

A potential explosion aboard a damaged Malta-flagged cargo ship carrying ammonium nitrate from Russia could cause a blast as ...

The lawn and garden fertilizer plant is home to more than 300 tons of ammonium nitrate, and officials feared a potential explosion. According to local media, the fire started Monday night.

Some countries are phasing out or banning the compound because of its potential use in improvised explosive devices, or IEDs. But in the US, you can buy ammonium nitrate on Amazon, at gardening ...