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Nighttime Fire Near Urban Area with Rising Smoke (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 city with illuminated buildings. A fire burns in the distance, producing thick smoke that rises into the dark sky. The fire's flames and smoke change slightly across the sequence, indicating active burning.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Night aerial fire footage for documentary, news-adjacent explainers, emergency planning pieces, agency mood reels, or social cuts needing an urban San Jose del Cabo night incident visual.
Edit role
Use this six-second clip as a short cutaway or tension beat between daytime location coverage and narration about risk, response, or disruption in an urban area.
Visual details
City lights fill the lower frame while bright orange flames burn in the distance and a dark smoke plume rises into the night sky, with hills on the horizon and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
Elevated drone-style composition looks across a dark urban foreground toward the distant fire, with the horizon and hills held high in frame and no camera movement evident from the still sequence.

Tags

firesmokenighttimecityurbanlightsflamesdarkskyhillsburningaerialcityscapenightfirelightplumeareaemergencydrone

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 of San Jose del Cabo at night, with city lights below, orange flames in the distance, a smoke plume rising into the dark sky, and no visible people.
The first frame establishes the night urban setting with the fire burning beyond the city lights. (0:00)
San Jose del Cabo night view one second in, with the fire glowing brighter against the dark hillside area, smoke lifting upward, and no visible people.
This frame shows the fire as a bright focal point above the illuminated urban foreground. (0:01)
San Jose del Cabo at night with scattered city lights in the foreground, a concentrated orange fire in the distance, smoke spreading upward, and no visible people.
The frame keeps the city foreground visible while the distant fire and smoke define the emergency detail. (0:02)
Mid-clip San Jose del Cabo night aerial view with a darker foreground, bright city lights, active flames near the horizon, a thick smoke column, and no visible people.
This moment emphasizes the separation between the lit city foreground and the active fire farther out. (0:03)

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