As part of an eco-group, Scott, an ex-firefighter, Carla, a climate specialist, Barbie, and Jason go to hang up an anti-oil banner on a large storage tank on top of a hill inside a Synco compound.

The explosion creates a fire twister which passes down to the town below causing a vast amount of destruction.

Two CIA agents suddenly appear and start shooting at Scott and his companions; they lose their assailants by hiding behind the trees and came across Anthony, a chief engineer at Synco, who confesses they have been making a new hydrogen fuel (MT-11), which was stored in the tank that exploded.

Scott rescues a woman hanging from a tree after being thrown by the twister; she then lets them borrow her car and the group flees just as the CIA agents re-appear.

A Synco employee speaks out on the news saying the MT-11 fuel was only moved a couple of days ago, and that this tank wasn't rated to safely hold it.

Jason admits that the CEO of Synco paid him to get Scott to put the anti-oil banner on the tank so they could all be framed for the explosion.

Anthony hooks up some fuel canisters to the top of a car, and drives toward the twister, planning to destroy it.