The Miami Heat recently returned to the NBA court for the 2025-26 season, and while the team has been playing well at times so far during this campaign head coach Erik Spoelstra has bigger issues to worry about at the moment after his house was engulfed in flames Thursday.
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The Miami-Dade Fire rescue team responded to a call early Thursday morning at the home of Spoelstra in Coral Gables, Florida when a huge fire broke out in the neighborhood, leaving first responders there quickly to deal with the situation.
While reports say that nobody was injured in the situation, videos of the fire have been released online and the situation remains serious as firefighters aim to put out the flames. A video allegedly of Spoelstra was shown as well with the Heat head coach understandably upset about the unfortunate development.
Spoelstra and the Heat had a game Wednesday night against the Denver Nuggets, where Miami fell 122-112 in Denver, however, the veteran NBA coach and his team likely returned to Florida early Thursday morning prior to their meeting with the Charlotte Hornets on Friday.
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Since 2008, Spoelstra has been the coach for the Heat after serving as the team’s assistant coach for nearly a decade prior to that.
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