A Florida house owned by Miami Warmth coach Erik Spoelstra was destroyed by hearth early Thursday morning.
Miami-Dade Hearth Rescue obtained a name round 4:30 a.m. a few hearth at a residence in Coral Gables. Greater than 20 models have been dispatched and “found fire that was as tall as the trees,” in accordance with MDFR battalion chief Victoria Byrd.
“On arrival, units found a fully engulfed house on fire, including a partial collapse of the roof,” Byrd mentioned in a video launched by the hearth division. “Units were able to quickly extinguish the fire; however, the fire took over control [of] most of the house. There were no reported injuries, no fatalities, and the fire is under investigation.”
Byrd instructed reporters on the scene that no different buildings within the space have been affected by the hearth.
In response to the hearth division, nobody was house in the course of the hearth. Spoelstra had coached the Warmth in Denver on Wednesday night time. The workforce’s constitution flight to Miami landed at 5:11 a.m. Thursday and Spoelstra arrived on the house quickly after.
Video footage reveals Spoelstra strolling round outdoors the property, at instances holding his head in his arms in disbelief, as hearth fighters labored to include the flames. Warmth assistant coach Chris Quinn is claimed to have arrived on the scene sooner or later as properly.
Miami Warmth coach Erik Spoelstra heads to the locker room after a 122-112 loss to the Nuggets on Wednesday night time in Denver.
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Spoelstra purchased the five-bedroom house in December 2023, in accordance with property data, and later did intensive work on the property. WPLG-TV in Miami reported {that a} neighbor mentioned the house had been below renovation for greater than a 12 months and that Spoelstra had not too long ago hosted a big celebration within the yard.
“We used multiple aerial apparatuses, fire engines and rescues to help combat this incident,” Byrd mentioned. “Due to the privacy wall and a lot of the tree cover, it was very difficult to access, with only one point of entry. The men and women from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue were able to extinguish this fire and do the best job that they could.”
Spoelstra, 55, has coached the Warmth since 2008, taking the workforce to the NBA Finals 5 instances and profitable championships in 2012 and 2013, each instances with the famous person trio of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. Spoelstra signed an eight-year, $120-million contract extension with the Warmth final 12 months and not too long ago was named as coach of the U.S. males’s basketball workforce for the 2027 World Cup in Qatar and the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
