Promare is set 30 years after the Great World Blaze, a global disaster where masses of people started having either spontaneous combustion or sudden pyrokinetic abilities. These individuals were eventually branded as the Burnish. Come present day, we are introduced to Galo Thymos and the Burning Rescue squad who respond to flare ups caused by the Burnish terrorist group Mad Burnish, led by Lio Fortia.