didn't Lebanon harbor blow up from Ammonium Nitrate spontaneily go boom, no forget that it burned for a while then boob
Yes, it was uncoated ammonium nitrate that had sat for years in the warehouse in the harbor. Same principle, only 100 times more dangerous than smokeless. Mining use ANFO (ammonium nitrate fuel oil) as a cheap earth moving explosive.
It also blew up Texas City, Texas.
The
1947 Texas City disaster was an industrial accident that occurred on April 16, 1947, in the
port of
Texas City,
Texas, United States, located in
Galveston Bay. It was the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history and one of history's
largest non-nuclear explosions.
The explosion was triggered by a mid-morning fire on board the French-registered vessel SS
Grandcamp (docked at port), which detonated her cargo of about 2,300 tons (about 2,100
metric tons) of
ammonium nitrate.
[1] This started a
chain reaction of fires and explosions aboard other ships and in nearby
oil-storage facilities, ultimately killing at least 581 people, including all but one member of Texas City's
volunteer fire department.
[2]: 100