Early in the morning of April 6, 1990, a fire in a Miami Beach hotel killed nine occupants and injured 24, including 4 firefighters The building, known as the Fontana Hotel, was originally constructed in 1951. Although the building was officially designated as a hotel, most of its occupants were elderly and used the building as a permanent residence. Of the nine fatalities, the youngest was over 75 years old. The building was equipped with hard-wired smoke detectors in guest rooms, a fire alarm system with manual stations and corridor smoke detectors, and standpipes. Other fire protection included solid-core 2Ominute doors on guest rooms and fire doors separating corridors.