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Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The French cargo ship SS Grandcamp was loaded with over 2,000 tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer in Texas City, TX. When the ammonium nitrate ...

Marissa Wenzke is a journalist based in Los Angeles. She has a bachelor's degree in political science from UC Santa Barbara and is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School. Firefighting crews are ...