Raccoon City September 9, 1998

An American Midwestern city situated
in a basin surrounded by mountains
with a population of more than
100,000.

September 1998
Beginning with a string of cannibalistic
murders which occurred several
months earlier, unrest spread among
Raccoon City's citizens until
one night, violence broke out across
the city, crippling the city's
transportation infrastructure.

Citizens descended into a state of
panic, with all lifelines cut off.
Despite rescue efforts on the part of
the Raccoon Police and Fire
departments, the situation
continued to worsen.

The city is eventually overrun with
hoards of zombies, referred to
as "the walking dead."

This is where the fight between the
Umbrella Corporation, the cause of
this nightmare, and Leon begins.