"The West Fertilizer plant may have had as much as 100 tons of the chemical on hand." Yes. The biggest recent ammonium-nitrate accident was a 2001 explosion in Toulouse, France, that killed 31 ...

Explosion 2013. A routine fire call to a local fertilizer plant tragically ends up being the crew's last mission. The first responders had no clue that their equipment would prove futile against the ...

AP A victim from the West fertilizer plant explosion is wheeled into Hillcrest Baptist Medical Hospital. AP Firefighters us flashlights to search a destroyed apartment complex. AP This video image ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A massive fire at the Weaver Fertilizer Plant ... devastating explosion. Fire chief Mayo said that's three times the amount of explosive material that the West Texas ...

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.