According to the lebanese Prime minister, about 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate were stored in the warehouse of the port of Beirut has exploded, causing dozens of deaths and unprecedented damage in the lebanese capital.

nitrate ammonium make up the fertilizer called ammonitrates, that farmers buy in big bags or in bulk. These are not products fuels : these are oxidizing, that is to say, they allow the combustion of another substance that is already on fire.