Dumb?
Yes but..... I suspect that the confiscation of international cargo involves in extremely complex legal matters involving perhaps several nations, corporations, ship lines and insurance companies. The fertilizer had to be stored while the legal wrangling was in process.
The legal wrangling now shifts to who was the owner and was it responsible for the explosion by being the actual owner.
Understood. I guess what I’m saying is that since they were holding the ammonium nitrate pending resolution of the court actions, the port authorities should have prevented flammable items being stored adjacent.
I imagine the Beirut fire department knew the 2,750 tons were there and pointed this out to the mayor or whoever but were ignored?
It looks like they weren’t there when explosion occurred.