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City Fire at Dusk Aerial View (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

An aerial view of a city at night shows a large fire with black smoke rising in the distance. The camera moves, shifting the view of illuminated buildings, roads, and urban areas in the foreground. The fire's red glow and smoke plume remain constant while the city lights change position.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Aerial dusk footage of a large urban fire in San Jose Del Cabo, useful for documentary, news-style, emergency response, climate impact, or agency mood reels needing a citywide incident view.
Edit role
This six-second drone view works as a tense opener, short cutaway, or transition beat between ground-level emergency coverage and broader city context.
Visual details
City lights, roads, and low buildings fill the foreground while a red fire burns in the distance under a tall black smoke plume against a fading dusk sky, with no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The frames support an elevated drone perspective with the city spread below, the fire in the background near the horizon, and slight reframing across the six-second runtime.

Tags

cityfiresmokenightaerialurbanlightsbuildingsroadsduskdarkredblackemergencycityscapeilluminatedstreetlightswildfiredrone

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

3 frames exported from the 4K master of this clip, in timeline order. The licensed download is the full-motion master, not these stills.

Aerial view over San Jose Del Cabo at dusk with city lights in the foreground, a red fire glowing in the distance, a black smoke plume rising, and no visible people.
The opening frame sets the citywide scale of the fire beyond illuminated streets and buildings. (0:00)
Drone-height view over San Jose Del Cabo showing bright streetlights and buildings below, with a red fire and dark smoke column near the horizon and no visible people.
This moment keeps the fire centered as the surrounding illuminated road network gives scale. (0:01)
Aerial frame over San Jose Del Cabo at nightfall with dense city lighting, a bright red fire in the background, a broad black smoke plume, and no visible people.
The frame emphasizes the contrast between steady urban lights and the active fire glow. (0:02)

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