/channels/news_feeds/all/term/ammonium%20nitrate/rss en /channels/channels/news/experts-beirut-explosion-323534 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Beirut has forged a grim connection with Halifax — two port cities linked together in tragedy by catastrophic explosions a century apart. Lebanon said the Beirut explosion was caused by 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate — which was stored unsafely in a warehouse after being confiscated from a cargo ship in 2014 — being ignited. (<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-beirut-explosion-aid-lebanon-1.5675794">CBC News</a>)</p> <p>Here are some experts from ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û that can provide comment on this issue:<b> </b></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/port-of-beirut.jpg?itok=kQlBLLt3" width="160" height="90" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">7 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2020</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 07 Aug 2020 18:42:08 +0000 webfull 162313 at /channels