Video showed crews battling a massive fire at a home owned Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra in Miami-Dade, Florida, on Thursday morning.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said they were called to a fire at around 4:36 a.m. at the single-family residence in the area of Davis Road and Ponce De Leon Road.
Property records show that the 5,772-square-foot home belongs to Spoelstra, and was last purchased in 2023 for $6 million. It features five bedrooms, six bathrooms, a pool and a basketball court.
Once firefighters arrived, they found “two structures on the property fully involved” in fire, with flames “as tall as the trees,” and called for back up.
Twenty units of over 100 firefighters, including a hazardous materials team, responded, Battalion Chief Victoria Byrd said.
Spoelstra, who had been with the Heat in Denver to take on the Nuggets Wednesday night, was seen outside the home as crews worked to extinguish the flames.
Authorities said they switched to a “defensive attack” when the roof partially collapsed, meaning firefighters worked to put out the fire from the outside.
“Due to the privacy wall and a lot of the tree cover, it was very difficult to access, with only one point of entry,” Byrd said.
Crews attacked the fire from the air and ground until they were able to extinguish it.
Aerial footage from NBC Miami’s Chopper 6 showed the home was heavily damaged by the fire.
No one was home at the time, no injuries have been reported, and the fire did not spread to other residences, officials said.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Spoelstra, 55, is in his 16th season as head coach of the Heat and has led the team to two NBA championships.
“We are grateful to learn that nobody was harmed in the fire at Coach Spoelstra’s residence this morning. Our thoughts, prayers, and assistance are with Spo and his family during this time,” the Heat said in a statement posted on social media Thursday.
USA Basketball announced last month that Spoelstra would be the coach of the men’s team for the 2027 World Cup in Qatar and the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.
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