How many died when chernobyl happened?

Question

I have conflicting sources with different numbers, some say 30 - 75 and some say 10's of thousands.

Answer 1

Twenty firefighters died immediately from overexposure to radioactivity, while hundreds suffered from severe radiation sickness. Pripyat, Chernobyl, and nearby towns were evacuated. People who lived near the plant in Ukraine and Belarus at the time have seen a greatly increased incidence of thyroid cancer, and genetic mutations have been discovered in children later born to exposed parents. Nearly all thyroid cancer cases, however, were successfully treated. Ukraine has estimated that some 4,400 people died as a result of the accident and during its cleanup, but a 2005 report prepared by several UN agencies and regional governments indicated that some 50 deaths were directly attributable to radiation from the disaster and an estimated 4,000 deaths might ultimately result from it, mainly due to higher cancer rates. That prediction was challenged the following year by a Greenpeace report that said more than 90,000 deaths might result, roughly half of which would be due to conditions other than cancer.

Answer 2

I don't know deaths number. But I have suffer from it for all my life..I am one of (How Many?)victims of Chernobyl.

Answer 3

we can not say how many excatly but really to many and many are still dying due to its ill effect of radiation.

Answer 4

Too many and they are still dying

Answer 5

30,000.