Firefighters tackling major blaze on Edinburgh's Princes Street

River Island and Levi's have shops on the ground floor of the building.

Trams in the area have been disrupted, with services running part route from Edinburgh Airport to the west end only.

Edinburgh Trams said tickets will be accepted by ScotRail between Edinburgh Gateway and Edinburgh Waverley and on Lothian bus services between West End and Newhaven.

Lothian Buses said a number of services had been diverted.

Debenhams closed in May 2021 following a large fire that April.

In 2021, Legal and General planned a £50m revamp of the building including a 207-room boutique hotel and "hospitality hub", but this fell through.

The old department store site was then bought by Criterion Capital, the development company headed up by billionaire Asif Aziz.

He planned to turn it into a Zedwell hotel, which would be the first in Scotland if successful.