Crews battle massive fire at Miami-Dade home of Heat coach Erik Spoelstra

Video shows crews battling a massive fire at a home registered to Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra in Miami-Dade, Florida, on Thursday

Video shows crews battling a massive fire at a home registered to Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra in Miami-Dade, Florida, on Thursday.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said they were called to a fire at around 4:36 a.m. at a single-family residence in the area of Davis Road and Ponce De Leon Road. Property records show that the home belongs to Spoelstra and was last purchased in 2023 for $6 million.

Once there, firefighters found “two structures on the property fully involved” in fire, with flames “as tall as the trees,” and called for backup. Twenty units, including a hazardous materials team, responded, Battalion Chief Victoria Byrd said.

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.