A cargo ship packed with potentially explosive ammonium nitrate remains adrift in the English Channel off the coast of France ...

The lawn and garden fertilizer plant is home to more than 300 tons of ammonium nitrate, and officials feared a potential explosion. According to local media, the fire started Monday night.

Ammonium nitrate was what made the explosion at the West, Texas, fertilizer plant in 2013 so destructive. The chemical is typically used in fertilizers, cold packs, and explosives. Takata used ...