The looming mushroom cloud from this monumental catastrophic explosion was initiated by a fire at the Beirut port, causing the detonation of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate, which had been improperly stored in a port warehouse for six years. The ammonium nitrate, commonly used to make fertiliser and explosives, arrived in Beirut in 2013 on a Moldova-flagged ship, making its way from Georgia to Mozambique.

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