Detroit police is now investigating a serious attempt of arson at Madonna’s former home in the Detroit suburb of Rochester-Hills.

The fire started on Friday and a neighbor said that a woman who was passing by the neighborhood saw the flames and called 911. The same neighbor told CNN that that was the house where Madonna had grown up together with her family.

The fire appeared to have started in the living room and spread all over the house very quickly.

Rochester Hills Fire Chief Ron Crowell said that they brought everything under control in 10 minutes, but it had been enough for the fire to cause serious damage.

The current owners of the 2036 Oklahoma house were not at home and there wasn’t reported any injury.

Madonna, turning 50 this year, spent some of her childhood years living in the two-storey brick house in Detroit. She was born in Bay City and grew up in Pontiac and Rochester Hills.

After that she went to the University of Michigan to study dance and then to New York, where she began her musical career and soon became a pop star.

She starts her 27-date world tour in Cardiff on August 23rd. The tour will be called “The Sticky and Sweet” and will start at the Millennium Stadium, ending on November 26, in Miami.