A fire anywhere is cause for concern, but a fire at a fertilizer plant is a potential catastrophe.
That's because ammonium nitrate, a chemical commonly used in agricultural fertilizers, is a highly explosive compound, as shown by the massive fireball at a fertilizer plant in the town of West, Texas, Wednesday (April 17).
To read the full, original article click on this link: What Causes Fertilizer Explosions?: Scientific American
