Year 198 of the Solar Era in Tokyo, special fire brigades are fighting against a phenomenon called spontaneous human combustion where humans beings are turned into living infernos called “Infernals”….

When people suddenly begin to burst into flames, one fire-manipulator enlists in the Fire Force to keep Tokyo from burning down.

The Evangelist plans to gather the Pillars to recreate the Great Cataclysm of 250 years ago, but not if the Fire Force has anything to do with it.