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Barracas, Castellón
Barracas is a Spanish town located in Castellón. In 2004 a truck carrying 25 tonnes of ammonium nitrate Ammonium nitrate is a chemical compound with the formula . It is a white crystalline salt consisting of ions of ammonium and nitrate. It is highly soluble in water and hygroscopic as a solid, but does not form hydrates. It is predominantly us ... fertilizer exploded half an hour after a traffic accident on March 9, 2004, killing two people and injuring five others. The explosion, which could be heard at a distance of several kilometers, caused a crater deep. References Municipalities in the Province of Castellón {{Valencia-geo-stub ...
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Castellón (province)
Castellón () may refer to: Places * Castellón de la Plana, the capital city of the province of Castellón, in Valencian Community, Spain * Province of Castellón, a province in Valencian Community, Spain * Castelló, formerly ''Castelló de la Ribera'' * Castelló d'Empúries * Castelló de Farfanya * Castelló de Rugat Sports * CD Castellón, a Spanish football team * AB Castelló, a Spanish basketball team People with the surname * Julia Castelló (born 1990), Spanish swimmer * Núria Castelló (born 1971), Spanish swimmer * Pedro Álvarez Castelló (1967–2004), Cuban artist * Blanca Castellón (born 1958), Nicaraguan poet * Jorge Castellón (born 1969), Bolivian sprinter * José Rizo Castellón (born 1944), Nicaraguan politician * Facundo Hurtado Castellón (born 1950), Bolivian politician and journalist * Federico Castellón (1914–1971), American painter and illustrator * Francisco Castellón (1815–1855), president of "Democratic" Nicaragua during the 1 ...
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Ammonium Nitrate
Ammonium nitrate is a chemical compound with the formula . It is a white crystalline salt consisting of ions of ammonium and nitrate. It is highly soluble in water and hygroscopic as a solid, but does not form hydrates. It is predominantly used in agriculture as a high-nitrogen fertilizer. Its other major use is as a component of explosive mixtures used in mining, quarrying, and civil construction. It is the major constituent of ANFO, an industrial explosive which accounts for 80% of explosives used in North America; similar formulations have been used in improvised explosive devices. Many countries are phasing out its use in consumer applications due to concerns over its potential for misuse.Ammonium nitrate sold by ton as U.S. regulati ...
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El País
(; ) is a Spanish-language daily newspaper in Spain. is based in the capital city of Madrid and it is owned by the Spanish media conglomerate PRISA. It is the second-most circulated daily newspaper in Spain . is the most read newspaper in Spanish online and one of the Madrid dailies considered to be a national newspaper of record for Spain (along with '' El Mundo'' and '' ABC)''. In 2018, its number of daily sales were 138,000. Its headquarters and central editorial staff are located in Madrid, although there are regional offices in the principal Spanish cities (Barcelona, Seville, Valencia, Bilbao, and Santiago de Compostela) where regional editions were produced until 2015. also produces a world edition in Madrid that is available online in English and in Spanish (Latin America). History was founded in May 1976 by a team at PRISA which included Jesus de Polanco, José Ortega Spottorno and Carlos Mendo. The paper was designed by Reinhard Gade and Julio Alonso. It wa ...
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