A two-alarm fire broke out early Thursday morning at the Miami-area residence of Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra. The blaze occurred shortly after the team returned from a road trip.
Spoelstra and the Heat arrived on a chartered flight from Denver around 5 a.m. ET, roughly 25 minutes after firefighters were dispatched to the home in Miami-Dade County.
Milena Malaver, Carl Juste, and David Neal of the Miami Herald reported on the incident.
Additional commentary highlighted the fortunate timing, referencing: "Good thing that Jake from State Farm is on the heat."
Erik Spoelstra's Miami home caught fire shortly after the Heat returned from Denver, with firefighters battling flames for hours but no injuries reported.