1-Alarm Fire At Manchester Restaurant And Brewery

MANCHESTER, NH — Manchester firefighters responded to an alarm activation at the Backyard Brewery on South Mammoth Road at 8:20 a.m. Wednesday. Engine 3 arrived quickly and had smoke showing from the second floor of the restaurant. A working fire and 1st-alarm response was requested.

Workers from the restaurant safely exited the building and watched from the parking lot as additional apparatus arrived — extending a ladder truck to the roof and stretching hoses into the restaurant.

The fire suppression system in the second floor kitchen activated, and sprinklers on the second floor. MFD Firefighters extinguished the fire quickly with the help of the sprinklers activating.

MFD District Chief Hank Martineau said it appears there was a malfunction in a smoker in the kitchen which appears to have caused the fire. The fire appears to be accidental, and the fire was isolated to the second floor kitchen. Due to the sprinklers flowing for several minutes both the first and second floor suffered water damage.

The Manchester Health Department was requested to the scene which is normal protocol. The Health Department will work with fire investigators to make sure all repairs are made, and there is a safe environment before the restaurant is allowed to reopen.

Manchester police assisted in detouring traffic around the fire apparatus, and all roads are fully opened now.

The restaurant which was formerly the "Yard" restaurant which was a well known restaurant on the Manchester and Londonderry town line.

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