Hyderabad, Oct. 27 -- A massive fire broke out in TS Beverages Corporation Limited (TSBCL) depot in Utnoor on Wednesday morning damaging 100 crores worth of beverages including various brands of liquor and beers. The cause of the fire is suspected to be a short circuit.

"Shankar, a security guard, alerted me when he noticed smoke emanating from the depot warehouse at around 8.30 am. I alerted the Utnoor Fire Station and rushed to the spot," said the depot manager, Thodasam Prabhu Das. He added that while no casualities were reported, beverages and cases worth rupees 100 crores and 90 crores were damaged.

The depot is a supplier to 114 outlets in Adilabad and large quantities of the same were engulfed by the fire. The store manager switc...