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Nighttime Fire and Smoke Over City (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 at night, producing red flames and thick black smoke. The fire is visible beyond a city with illuminated buildings and streets. The scene is viewed from an aerial perspective, showing the urban area and distant hills under a dark sky.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for documentary, news-style, emergency response, climate risk, travel context, or agency mood reel projects needing a nighttime aerial view of fire and smoke over San Jose del Cabo.
Edit role
A six-second opener, cutaway, transition, or tension beat that quickly establishes an active nighttime fire beyond a lit urban area.
Visual details
Red flames burn on the dark edge of the city, a dense black smoke column rises into the night sky, city streets and buildings glow below, distant hills sit on the horizon, and no people are visible.
Shot mechanics
The frames support an aerial drone perspective with a wide composition, placing dark rooftops and street lights in the foreground, the fire in the midground, and hills under a low night sky in the background.

Tags

firesmokecitynighttimeurbanflamesredblacklightsbuildingshillsdarkskyemergencyaerialwildfirenighttowndrone

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.265 (HEVC) MP4
File size
80 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.

At 0:00, an aerial night view over San Jose del Cabo shows red flames beyond the city, a black smoke column rising upward, distant hills, and no visible people.
The opening frame sets the fire beyond illuminated city blocks under a dark sky. (0:00)
At 0:01, the San Jose del Cabo night aerial holds on a bright fire line at the city edge, with thick smoke above and scattered street lights below, with no visible people.
This frame shows the brightest fire area sitting beyond the lit street grid. (0:01)
At 0:02, the fire glows red in the midground of San Jose del Cabo while a tall dark smoke plume spreads into the night sky, and no visible people appear in the city below.
The frame emphasizes the smoke column rising above the fire and surrounding urban lights. (0:02)
At 0:03, the aerial view over San Jose del Cabo shows dark rooftops in the foreground, bright street lighting in the midground, red flames beyond town, and no visible people.
This frame gives more foreground city context before the eye reaches the fire. (0:03)

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