PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) – After a six-month investigation into the cause of a fire at her Oakland County mansion, Aretha Franklin now has 10 days to clean up the mess. “The investigation is complete, and now it is time to clean up the property,” Kaye Chartier, Bloomfield Township’s code and ordinance director, told The Oakland Press for Thursday’s editions. Investigators earlier this year ruled the Oct. 25 fire at the Bloomfield Township mansion was arson. No charges have been filed. Franklin, who was in Texas at the time of the fire, has 10 days to clean up the site and 30 days to inform the township of her plans to either renovate or demolish the house, Chartier said. “If she doesn’t cooperate, the township can take legal action,” said Chartier, adding that she expects the singer to fully cooperate.
—So, someone torches the woman’s home, and after six months of dragging their heels the State tells her, “OK, you’ve got ten days to clean this mess up?” Sucks to be her.