[BwanaNdege]

I hate to break it to this reporter, but "NH₄NO₃ and fertilizer" literally means "fertilizer and fertilizer".

The NH₄NO₃ is ammonium nitrate. i.e. "fertilizer". The rest of the explosive is a hydrocarbon, like diesel fuel.

[Tijeras_Slim]

You’re lucky they didn’t say “Potting Soil and Half Caf Mochachino”

[Reaganite Republican]

I know better and completely botched that

Thanks

[tacticalogic]

The NH₄NO₃ is ammonium nitrate. i.e. "fertilizer". The rest of the explosive is a hydrocarbon, like diesel fuel.

So basically it's just a barrel of anfo and scrap metal.

[Sherman Logan]

Thanks for beating me to it.

When I was growing up, my best friend’s dad was the chief explosives guy at a local quarry. Got quite an education from him in how to make big rocks into little rocks. He used fertilizer and diesel, and a blasting cap. Cheap, effective and versatile.