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Fire and Smoke Over 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 large fire burns in the distance, producing red flames and thick black smoke. The city below is illuminated by numerous lights, indicating a nighttime setting. The aerial perspective shows the fire's position relative to the urban area.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for documentary, news-style, agency, or social edits needing nighttime aerial coverage of a large fire and smoke plume over San Jose del Cabo without visible people.
Edit role
Works as a short dramatic cutaway, transition, or incident beat when an edit needs to show the fire's scale against the surrounding city lights.
Visual details
Red flames burn in the distance under a thick black smoke column, with a dark city grid of streetlights and buildings below and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The frames support an aerial drone perspective with a wide cityscape composition, dark foreground rooftops, a lit midground, distant hills, and the fire near the horizon.

Tags

firesmokecityurbannightlightsredblackaerialburningflamescityscapenighttimedarkilluminatedbuildingsstreetlightsdisasterdrone

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.265 (HEVC) MP4
File size
91 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.

A wide nighttime aerial view over San Jose del Cabo shows red flames burning beyond the city lights with a black smoke plume rising into the dark sky and no visible people.
The opening frame establishes the distant fire against the illuminated city below. (0:00)
A second nighttime aerial frame over San Jose del Cabo keeps the fire near the horizon, with orange-red flames, dense smoke, scattered city lights, and no visible people.
This moment holds the fire as the brightest point in the dark urban landscape. (0:01)
The frame shows San Jose del Cabo at night with a bright fire burning in the distance, a broad black smoke plume above it, dim hills behind it, and no visible people.
The smoke plume reads clearly above the fire while the city grid stays visible below. (0:02)
A nighttime aerial view of San Jose del Cabo shows the fire slightly left of center, with dark foreground buildings, scattered lights, a heavy smoke column, and no visible people.
This frame gives editors a wider sense of the fire's position relative to the city. (0:03)

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