Fire Down Below is a 1997 American action film starring Steven Seagal and directed by Félix Enríquez Alcalá in his directorial debut.

[2] Steven Seagal plays Jack Taggert, an EPA agent who investigates a Kentucky mine and helps locals stand up for their rights.

The EPA has received an anonymous letter from Jackson, Kentucky, and Taggert goes undercover to continue his colleague's investigations.

He stays in a room in the church's basement and begins his cover work by repairing the roof at a house where one of the children is sick because of the pollution.

While these conflicts occur, Taggert strikes up a relationship with Sarah Kellogg, a young woman who lives in the town.

Eventually, she agrees to testify against Orin and his people, much to the anger of her estranged brother Earl, who actually committed the murder, after their father found out about his sexual abuse against her.

Earl is revealed to be working as one of Hanner's thugs, and sets the church on fire, in the process killing the preacher who was helping Taggert.

Orin agrees to turn the state's evidence, implicating his father on racketeering, conspiracy, and murder charges.

Upon hearing about the reception awaiting him in federal prison, Orin produces a gun and resists, but Taggert shoots him in the shoulder and he is taken into custody.