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Bloody scenes from inside this Beirut hospital tells of the carnage after a warehouse of poorly stored ammonium nitrate exploded yesterday.
Ammonium nitrate is an important fertilizer, but also a key component in improvised explosives around the world. The Oklahoma bombing in 1995 involved 3-4 tonnes of the material, and it has been alleged that as much as 2,600 tonnes have been involved in Beirut’s case.
The latest casualty toll, 78 dead and over 4000 injured.