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BEIRUT, LEBANON - AUGUST 05: Smoke rises above wrecked buildings at the citys port, devastated by an explosion a day earlier, on August 5, 2020 in Beirut, Lebanon. As of Wednesday morning, more than 100 people were confirmed dead, with thousands injured, when an explosion rocked the Lebanese capital. Officials said a waterfront warehouse storing explosive materials, reportedly 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate, was the cause of the blast. (Photo by Marwan Tahtah/Getty Images)

How judges responded to warnings about ammonium nitrate stored at the Beirut port

Ammonium nitrate that exploded in Beirut bought for mining, Mozambican firm says

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Search continues after deadly Beirut blast

TOPSHOT - A Lebanese youth hugs French President Emmanuel Macron during a visit to the Gemmayzeh neighborhood, which has suffered extensive damage due to a massive explosion in the Lebanese capital, on August 6, 2020. - French President Emmanuel Macron visited shell-shocked Beirut, pledging support and urging change after a massive explosion devastated the Lebanese capital in a disaster that has sparked grief and fury. (Photo by - / AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

Beirut port employees detained in investigation after devastating explosion sparks fury

Smoke rises in Beirut, Lebanon August 4, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Beirut explosion rocks Lebanon's capital city

A picture shows the scene of an explosion in Beirut on August 4, 2020. - A large explosion rocked the Lebanese capital Beirut on August 4, an AFP correspondent said. The blast, which rattled entire buildings and broke glass, was felt in several parts of the city. (Photo by Anwar AMRO / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)

What we know about the Beirut blast

EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / A picture shows the scene of an explosion near the the port in the Lebanese capital Beirut on August 4, 2020. - Two huge explosion rocked the Lebanese capital Beirut, wounding dozens of people, shaking buildings and sending huge plumes of smoke billowing into the sky. Lebanese media carried images of people trapped under rubble, some bloodied, after the massive explosions, the cause of which was not immediately known. (Photo by STR / AFP) (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

Ammonium nitrate stored in a warehouse linked to catastrophic Beirut explosion

Dr. Israa Seblani was posing in her wedding dress on the streets of Beirut moments before the explosion on August 4.

One moment, they were filming the bride in her wedding dress. Then came the explosion

EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / A helicopter puts out a fire at the scene of an explosion at the port of Lebanon's capital Beirut on August 4, 2020. (Photo by STR / AFP) (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

Ammonium nitrate may have sparked the Beirut explosion. It happened in Texas, in 1947, too

grandmother plays piano amongst rubble