Category: ammonium nitrate

Emergency Officials Investigating After Freight Train Hauling New Vehicles Derails In Arizona

June 9, 2023
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Authorities said a freight train derailed in northern Arizona about 30 miles west of Flagstaff on June 7, heavily damaging 23 rail cars. Coconino County Emergency Management (CCEM) officials said the agency is investigating the 11:20 p.m. accident involving a BNSF freight train east of Williams. “A total of 23 cars derailed and sustained heavy…

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Explosives Manufacturer Reports Losing Over 30 Tons of Ammonium Nitrate

May 22, 2023
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Over 30 tons of a chemical used in fertilizer and high explosives went missing from a railcar traveling west from Wyoming to California in April, and investigators still don’t know how it happened. According to news outlets, on May 10—a month after the incident—explosives manufacturer Dyno Nobel filed a report with the U.S. Environmental Protection…

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