New to Street Fighter. Question about fireball spam and the pro scene

Hi!

I just picked up Street Fighter and I’m having a blast with it. However, I’m having a hard time against people spamming fireballs, I know this is called “Zoning” and is a legit strategy but I feel like I can’t really do anything. I also watch tournament videos sometimes and I notice there isn’t any fireball spam, they’re just doing footsies so I figured maybe there is a way to punish fireball spamming.

How do I deal with fireball spamming? Specially at mid range? I’m getting rocked by the shotos and Mai atm.