The Origin Facility Explosion is caused by the F.E.A.R. Point Man damaging the Origin Facility's reactor cells, setting off a chain reaction. The Point Man manages to escape the facility, but is knocked unconscious by the resulting shockwave. When he regains consciousness, he has been brought aboard a UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopter by Jin Sun-Kwon and Douglas Holiday. Sun-Kwon informs him that they haven't been able to contact anyone since the explosion, while Holiday tells him that they do not know the extent of the damage yet. A giant mushroom cloud is visible over the Auburn District, which shows that the extent is at a cataclysmic level.