Top 5 deadliest ammonium nitrate incidents in US history

Jul 13, 2023

The chemical at the center of the West fertilizer explosion has a long, sordid history in the U.S.

Though ammonium nitrate can be a potent and useful farming fertilizer, its explosive potential when exposed to high temperatures and pressures have taken hundreds of American lives.

We've created a map showing which disasters were the deadliest across the nation. Click start to begin a look back at its history.