] The tour manager for a rock band that was on stage when a
] deadly nightclub fire broke out told investigators he has
] paperwork outlining the band's general use of
] pyrotechnics, but he said all the documents specific to
] that show were destroyed in the fire.

Sure they were.

] The tour manager for a rock band that was on stage when a
] deadly nightclub fire broke out told investigators he has
] paperwork outlining the band's general use of
] pyrotechnics, but he said all the documents specific to
] that show were destroyed in the fire.

OK, I blog this just because its a good lesson. The legal documents pertaining to who is responsible for what go in a SAFETY DEPOSIT BOX or at least a FIRE PROOF SAFE. Leaving them lying around in the same place where the event, business, or other interest in question is occuring is abysmally dumb for exactly this reason.