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WESTMINSTER COLORADO-2015: City Fire With Massive Smoke Plume

6s 4K UHD 29.97fps Westminster, Colorado, United States 2015
No people visible. No identifiable people are visible in this clip. Commercial clearance still depends on the final use and any property shown.

About this clip

WESTMINSTER COLORADO-2015: A dramatic urban scene unfolds as a city fire erupts, sending a massive plume of smoke into the sky. This home movie captures the intensity of an industrial fire with raw, unfiltered realism. The thick smoke billows over the cityscape, evoking tension and urgency. This archival footage offers a rare glimpse of a real-life emergency, perfect for documentaries, news montages, or historical storytelling. The grainy texture and authentic tone reflect the era’s amateur videography style.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Documentary editors, news producers, and agency teams can use this Westminster, Colorado fire scene to illustrate an urban emergency, industrial smoke, or local disaster coverage in a modern 4K project.
Edit role
The 6-second clip works as a brief cutaway, opener, or tension beat between wider city context and closer emergency coverage.
Visual details
A large pale smoke plume rises behind a low shoreline with buildings and leafless trees, reflected in still water under warm pink light, with no visible people in the frames.

Tags

cityfiresmokeincisionworrylargeamountindustrialwestminster colorado C20154kbuyhome movieprofessionalmodernhome videointroamateur

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
40 MB
Location
Westminster, Colorado, United States
Year filmed
2015
Published
Feb 2015

Still Frames From This Clip

3 frames exported from the 4K master of this clip, in timeline order. The licensed download is the full-motion master, not these stills.

Wide view in Westminster, Colorado showing a large smoke plume rising behind low buildings and leafless trees, reflected in calm water, with no visible people.
The opening frame establishes the fire smoke plume across the water from a distant shoreline. (0:00)
Westminster, Colorado shoreline scene with the smoke column centered above buildings and its pale reflection stretching down into the water, with no visible people.
This frame keeps the smoke plume centered while the water reflection makes the emergency visible in the foreground. (0:01)
Distant city fire smoke over a shoreline and still water.

License this clip royalty-free for $79 (Standard: all media, worldwide, perpetual, up to 1M views) or $199 (Extended: unlimited distribution, broadcast TV, theatrical). Instant 4K download with a license PDF, direct from filmmaker Phil Maher.