Spontaneous Human Combustion: a chaotic occurrence that has afflicted civilization for years, changing regular individuals into fiery, ferocious beasts known as Infernals at random. While infernals account for the first generation of Human Combustion, the second and third generations became known as pyrokinetics—people endowed with the capacity to manage and control their flames while staying human. The Tokyo Armed Forces, Fire Defense Agency, and Holy Church of Sol created the Special Fire Force to battle the Infernal menace and find the source. Shinra Kusakabe, a young and enthusiastic third-generation pyrokinetic dubbed Devil's Footprints for his explosive ability to fire his feet at whim, joins the colorful Special Fire Force Company 8. Maintaining the brigade's responsibility to extinguish the raging Infernals and lay waste to them.