On July 19, 1987, a six-alarm fire on the unoccupied tenth floor of the Doubletree Hotel in downtown New Orleans resulted in the death of a hotel security guard and the injury of ten others, including hotel guests, hotel staff, and police officers.  The fire, which resulted in a total of $175,000 in damage, was caused by arson.  Factors contributing to the loss were the failure of the automatic fire alarm system, the lack of automatic sprinkler system protection in the guest room areas, storage in exit corridors, and improper action by an untrained employee.  In the shadow of the tragedy, though, resides a success:  an estimated additional 150 people were evacuated without injury because of the effective operation of the manual fire alarm system, successfully performance of fire-resistive construction, light fire loading in the exit corridors, and a well organized suppression effort by the City of New Orleans Fire Department