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Fire Burning Near City at Night (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 nighttime aerial view shows a fire burning near an urban area. Thick black smoke rises from the fire, which emits red flames. The city below is illuminated by numerous lights, with the fire's glow visible against the dark sky.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Nighttime aerial fire footage for documentary segments, news-style explainers, emergency response pieces, urban risk stories, or social cuts set in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico.
Edit role
Use this six-second drone view as a tense opener, transition, or cutaway that locates a fire on the edge of a lit city before moving into response, aftermath, or context footage.
Visual details
Red flames burn near the dark edge of an urban area while a dense black smoke column rises into the night sky above city lights, distant hills, and low buildings with no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The clip presents a high aerial drone composition with city blocks in the foreground, the fire and smoke in the midground, and a dark horizon line behind it.

Tags

firesmokecitynighttimeurbanbuildingslightsdarkskyemergencyburningblackredflamesaerialcityscapenightwildfiredrone

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.

Night aerial view over San Jose del Cabo, Mexico, with red flames and a black smoke column rising beyond lit city blocks and no visible people.
The opening frame places the fire just beyond the illuminated urban area. (0:00)
Aerial frame of San Jose del Cabo at night with a bright red fire, thick smoke rising upward, scattered city lights, and no visible people.
This frame shows the fire glow standing out against the surrounding dark landscape. (0:01)
Night drone view over San Jose del Cabo, Mexico, with flames at the edge of the city and a heavy smoke plume spreading above the horizon with no visible people.
The middle of the clip emphasizes the scale of the smoke column over the city edge. (0:02)
Night city lights below a fire and smoke plume.

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