Beirut explosion

[SunsetBengal]

(08-04-2020, 10:25 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Apparently, 4,700 tons of ammonium nitrate that was stored there. 

One bit that I read mentioned that it was material that was confiscated at port, over a 10 year period of time.  Seems like they might have, at some point, given a thought to the idea of, "Hey, that's a lot of explosive to be kept randomly in a fireworks warehouse."?