Mary Wilson
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The chemical, ammonium nitrate, is relatively harmless by itself but has caused deadly explosions in industrial accidents and has been used in targeted attacks.
May 21, 2023Updated 2:12 p.m. ET
By Amanda Holpuch and Joshua Needelman
About 60,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate, a chemical used as a fertilizer and in explosives, went missing on a rail shipment from Wyoming to California in April and has still not been found, officials said.
Dyno Nobel, an explosive manufacturing company, notified the federal government of the loss and said in a statement that it was investigating what happened during the nearly two-week journey.
The company said the rail car with the material was sealed when it left a manufacturing site in Cheyenne, Wyo., and the seals “were still intact” when it arrived in Saltdale, Calif.
“The initial assessment is that a leak through the bottom gate on the rail car may have developed in transit,” the statement said. ...
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/21/us/chemical-missing-shipment-california-wyoming.html
May 21, 2023Updated 2:12 p.m. ET
By Amanda Holpuch and Joshua Needelman
About 60,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate, a chemical used as a fertilizer and in explosives, went missing on a rail shipment from Wyoming to California in April and has still not been found, officials said.
Dyno Nobel, an explosive manufacturing company, notified the federal government of the loss and said in a statement that it was investigating what happened during the nearly two-week journey.
The company said the rail car with the material was sealed when it left a manufacturing site in Cheyenne, Wyo., and the seals “were still intact” when it arrived in Saltdale, Calif.
“The initial assessment is that a leak through the bottom gate on the rail car may have developed in transit,” the statement said. ...
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/21/us/chemical-missing-shipment-california-wyoming.html