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Fire Burning in Urban Area at Dusk (San Jose del Cabo, 2023)

6s 4K UHD 29.97fps Urban San Jose del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico 2023
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

A large fire burns in the distance, producing thick black smoke. The city is illuminated by streetlights and building lights at dusk. The smoke rises into the darkening sky above the urban area.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Aerial dusk footage of a distant urban fire in San Jose del Cabo fits documentary, news-style explainers, climate or emergency response pieces, agency mood reels, and social edits needing visible flames and smoke over a city.
Edit role
Use this six-second clip as a brief cutaway, transition, or tension beat between ground-level fire coverage and wider city context, with the fire readable even in a fast edit.
Visual details
City lights and low buildings fill the foreground and midground at dusk while orange flames burn in the distance and a thick black smoke column spreads across the dark blue sky, with no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The frames support an aerial drone vantage over the urban area, with rooftops and streets below, the fire near the horizon, mountains in the background, and no clear camera movement inferable from the stills.

Tags

cityfiresmokenightduskurbanaeriallightsburningdarkskybuildingsstreetflamesblack smokeeveningwildfirelandscapedrone

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.265 (HEVC) MP4
File size
92 MB
Location
San Jose Del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Year filmed
2023
Published
Jun 2026

Still Frames From This Clip

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

Aerial dusk view over San Jose del Cabo with city lights, distant orange flames near the horizon, a dark smoke plume, and no visible people.
The opening frame shows the fire already active beyond the lit urban foreground. (0:00)
Aerial view of San Jose del Cabo at dusk with dense city lights below, a bright fire in the distance, black smoke drifting across the sky, and no visible people.
This frame keeps the fire centered as city lights define the scale of the urban area. (0:01)
Wide aerial frame over San Jose del Cabo showing lit streets and buildings in the foreground, orange flames near the horizon, a broad black smoke cloud, and no visible people.
The second later moment emphasizes the wide city context around the burning area. (0:02)
Distant fire burning beyond city buildings at dusk

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