Nearly 10,000 bottles of alcohol destroyed at NH liquor store

Thousands of bottles of alcohol were destroyed after a sprinkler malfunctioned at a New Hampshire Liquor and Wine Outlet location earlier this year. The fire suppression system experienced a significant discharge due to a mechanical malfunction in the early morning hours of March 5 at the now closed location at 1100 Bicentennial Drive at North Side Plaza in Manchester, according to the New Hampshire Liquor Commission. >> Download the free WMUR app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google Play <> Subscribe to WMUR’s YouTube channel <<

MANCHESTER, N.H. —

Thousands of bottles of alcohol were destroyed after a sprinkler malfunctioned at a New Hampshire Liquor and Wine Outlet location earlier this year.

The fire suppression system experienced a significant discharge due to a mechanical malfunction in the early morning hours of March 5 at the now closed location at 1100 Bicentennial Drive at North Side Plaza in Manchester, according to the New Hampshire Liquor Commission.

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The water ran at damaging and significant capacity for about 5 hours, causing damage to inventory throughout the facility and the Outlet, the liquor commission said.

Nearly 10,000 bottles of alcohol were destroyed, which was valued at more than $181,500. Because the sprinkler system was treated with various chemicals and the inventory was exposed to the chemical mix, it could not be sold, the liquor commission said.

All the damaged inventory was disposed of and no one was allowed to keep it.

In July, the liquor commission announced that it ceased operations at the location at North Side Plaza and the liquor commission is exploring new locations in the city’s North End.

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