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Nighttime City Fire with Rising Black Smoke (San Jose del Cabo, 2023)

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

A nighttime aerial view of a city with a large fire burning in the distance. Thick black smoke rises from the fire, illuminating the surrounding area with red and orange flames. The city's lights are visible below, contrasting with the dark sky.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for documentary, news-style, agency mood reel, or social cut projects needing a nighttime urban fire scene over San Jose Del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
Edit role
The 6-second aerial works as a tense cutaway, transition beat, or short incident insert between broader city coverage and closer emergency or aftermath material.
Visual details
A dark city grid fills the lower frame with streetlights and buildings, while a large orange fire burns near the horizon and sends a thick black smoke plume into the night sky with no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The frames support an aerial drone viewpoint over the city, with urban lights in the foreground, the fire and smoke in the midground, and a low dark horizon behind it.

Tags

citynightfiresmokeblackaerialurbanlightsburningemergencydarkskybuildingsflameseveningcityscapefirelightsmoke plumedrone

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.

Opening frame over San Jose Del Cabo at night, showing city lights below, a bright orange fire in the distance, a dark smoke plume rising, and no visible people.
This first frame establishes the nighttime city below the distant fire and smoke column. (0:00)
One second into the clip, the San Jose Del Cabo aerial view holds on the glowing fire, dense black smoke above it, scattered city lights, and no visible people.
The second frame keeps the fire centered as the smoke spreads upward into the dark sky. (0:01)
At 0:02, the San Jose Del Cabo city lights remain below a bright fire line, with a tall dark smoke plume broadening over the horizon and no visible people.
This frame shows the smoke plume thickening above the bright fire area. (0:02)
Wide nighttime city aerial with a fire burning beyond the foreground streets.

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