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Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra’s home was destroyed in a fire early Thursday morning, the cause of which is still to be determined.

Nobody was home when the house became engulfed in flames well before sunrise — Spoelstra was flying back to Miami from a game in Denver, and his children were at their mother’s house.

In his first comments since the blaze, prior to Miami’s game against the Charlotte Hornets, Spoelstra thanked the “amazing” first responders.

“I want to give a shoutout to the first responders, the police officers and the firemen. They were amazing. They weren’t able to save our house, but obviously, we’ve seen things that could have spread to the rest of the neighborhood. They were very kind while they were trying to put out

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