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Nighttime Fire and Smoke Over Cityscape

6s 4K UHD 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 in the distance, producing red light and smoke. The fire is near a city with illuminated buildings and streets. The surrounding area includes dark hills under a cloudy sky.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Documentary, news-style, agency mood reel, or social edit needing a 2023 San Jose del Cabo nighttime aerial of a distant urban fire with smoke over city lights.
Edit role
A six-second cutaway or transition beat for moving from normal city coverage into emergency, disaster, or aftermath context without showing crowds or responders.
Visual details
A red-orange fire burns beyond an illuminated city at night, smoke rises into a dark cloudy sky, hills sit on the horizon, and no people are visible.

Tags

1921firesmokecitynighttimeurbanlightsreddarkskyhillscityscapenightaerialplumebuildingsemergencyglowdisasterdrone

Shot slate

Resolution
4K UHD
Duration
6s
Codec
H.264 MP4
Location
San Jose Del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Year filmed
2023
Published
Jun 2026

Still Frames From This Clip

2 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, a distant fire glows red above San Jose del Cabo city lights at night, with dark hills and clouds in the background and no visible people.
The opening frame establishes the fire as a bright red source beyond the nighttime city grid. (0:00)
At 0:01, the red fire and smoke sit beyond the illuminated San Jose del Cabo urban area, with scattered lights below and no visible people.
This frame keeps the fire high in the view while the city lights define the scale beneath it. (0:01)

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