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The Texas City Disaster is generally considered the worst industrial accident in the USA's history. 405 dead were identified; 63 more were never identified. About 100 people were classified as missing, and never found.
Some of the deaths and damage in Texas City were due to the destruction and subsequent burning of chemical plant and other industrial facilities close to the point of the explosions. Fires resulting from the various cataclysmic events were still burning a week after the disaster.
Ammonium nitrate is not known for being capable of detonating without being mixed with a fuel. The disaster at Texas City may be due at least in part to the fact that the ammonium nitrate was destined for a tropical region, and "waterproofed" with paraffin or other solid hydrocarbon that rendered the mixture detonable under the peculiar conditions found in the conflagration.