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DECISIVE action by a quick-thinking worker averted a potential explosion at a mine site in Western Australia in October 2021, when a fire broke out in a storage shed full of ammonium nitrate.

Karma Barndon
Ammonium nitrate stored safely in WA

Ammonium nitrate stored safely in WA

The AN was being moved around the storage shed by a driver operating mobile plant when it started leaking fuel. Fuel then sprayed onto the vehicle's hot turbo and exhaust system before catching fire,...

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