The OJ House at Tyree Guyton's Heidelberg Project in Detroit burned down Saturday morning for the second time since May, Oct. 5. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)

The "O.J. House" at Tyree Guyton's Heidelberg project in Detroit had just begun to bloom from the ashes of a suspicious fire that torched it in May.

It burned again. Fire consumed what remained of the structure in the early morning hours of Saturday, volunteers at the outdoor art installation said this afternoon.

Photo gallery from May fire

"It was beautiful," said Leammond Gibson, as he raked black chunks of charred wood from the base of the home into a pile. "He's an artist, he made it work and it looked good.

"Somebody didn't like that, I guess."

This fire destroyed what of the structure remained. Poking from the center of the foundation was half a chimney.

"My guess is that it will be covered with art," said one woman perusing the wreckage. "I mean, hasn't it already started?"

The OJ House at Tyree Guyton's Heidelberg Project in Detroit burned down Saturday morning for the second time since May, Oct. 5. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)

Atop the blackened floor, it appeared some pieces of art were already being staged. A nude doll rode atop a yellow and white jet ski with no engine or steering column. A table was hooked to the back. An orange Wiffle Ball bat jutted from its side.

In the center of the charred floor there was a grill with a fire engine on top, the same toy Guyton himself pulled from the first fire unscathed and bright red in May.

This time, it wasn't as lucky. The paint had burned away.

Guyton stopped by the scene momentarily Saturday afternoon about 1 p.m., only to tell his volunteers not to shovel the debris into the basement. He drove off in a red pickup truck.

This message appeared on the

Saturday:

If you arrive on Heidelberg Street after today you might notice that something is missing...the OJ House. After the fire in May, Tyree had started to rebuild and reimagine the former OJ House, but unfortunately the structure was claimed by yet another fire early this morning. Though we don't have much information now, we'll update you all soon. In true Tyree fashion, he's able to smile this morning. We will not be deterred. Onward & Upward!

"It's still warm," said Jeff Chamberlin, who moved to Detroit from Midland about six months ago. He volunteers at Hostel Detroit and the Heidelberg Project and was helping clean up the fire scene Saturday. "This hole in the tree smokes every once in a while," he says pointing to one of the several scorched trees along the road.

Dozens strolled the other-worldly streets of the project Saturday, many stopping to photograph what remains of the O.J. House after the fire.

The O.J. house, or "Obstruction of Justice House," was created as a protest to the actions of former Mayor Coleman Young's administration, which made the controversial decision to level homes that had been abandoned and incorporated into the Heidelberg Project in 1991.

"It's awful," said Laura Keehn, 48, who brought her 14-year-old stepson, Devin Attard, from Dearbon to see the project for his first time.

The OJ House at Tyree Guyton's Heidelberg Project in Detroit burned down Saturday morning for the second time since May, Oct. 5. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)

"They probably thought it was funny, a joke," Attard said.

Keehn said a trip to the Heidelberg Project is almost custom in her family. She first came with her father and has since shared it with her daughter and stepson.

The power of the project was evident with Attard's evaluation of his experience.

"My mind's blown," said Attard.

"Yay, I wanted it to get blown; that's awesome," his stepmother said.

"It's like this guy's mind is so creative," said Attard. "It's like anything he can get his hands on he'll use — like that jet ski.

"It's so surreal."

(Photo gallery from scene coming soon)

The Heidelberg Project began in 1986 when Guyton and his grandfather, Sam Mackey, disillusioned by the state of their crumbling neighborhood near Heidelberg and Mount Elliot in Detroit, decided to convert the blight into art. They tacked stuffed animals to houses, painted dots all over decrepit homes and created an ever-spreading outdoor environment. It is now internationally renowned and a popular tourist attraction complete with information booth and gift shop.