The article contains just as much lying as it purports to describe. Examples include describing the situation as:
“that nearly apocalyptic event”
“The Chernobyl nuclear explosion”
“events leading up to the nuclear blast”
and worst of all, the fake photograph of a nuclear mushroom cloud.
The Chernobyl meltdowns were certainly bad, and many of the heroic responders and firefighters died from radiation exposure. However, THERE WAS NO NUCLEAR BLAST. There were core meltdowns in two of the reactors and resulting fires from that. This released some amount of radioactive fallout into the surrounding area.
There are some reports that the reaction to this was worse than the event itself. Thousands of people were displaced, and hundreds of square miles of surrounding area were permanently evacuated. Wildlife is now flourishing in this closed off area.