MIAMISBURG, Ohio (WDTN) — The Miamisburg train derailment of 1986 is something most will never forget.
Around 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 8, 1986, 15 cars of a 44-car CSX train derailed on the bridge over Bear Creek in Miamisburg.
The train was carrying materials including white phosphorous. A fire broke out from the derailment occurring, prompting one of the biggest evacuations in Ohio history…