Ammonium nitrate is an odourless crystalline substance that has been the cause of numerous industrial explosions over the decades. There has been no indication from Lebanese officials that the explosions were caused deliberately. ADVERTISEMENTUS President Donald Trump said late Tuesday that US generals had told him the explosions appeared to have been caused by a “bomb of some kind.”“It looks like a terrible attack,” Trump said. President Michel Aoun has announced he will release 100 billion lira ($66 million, 55 million euros) of emergency funds. But the country is in the middle of an enormous economic crisis and its hospitals are already overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 05, 2020 09:22 UTC