Firefighters tackle huge BLAZE on Edinburgh's Princes Street

Firefighters are tackling a blaze at a building on Princes Street in Edinburgh. Emergency services were called to the blaze at the old Debenhams building in the city centre at 2.52am on Thursday. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said seven fire engines and three specialist appliances were on the scene at 6.45am. Pictures posted on social media during the night showed flames and plumes of smoke rising from the area. There were no reports of any injuries. Tram services in the area have been disrupted and some bus services have been diverted. Edinburgh Trams said that trams are running a part route from Edinburgh Airport to the West End only. It said that ticket acceptance is in place with ScotRail between Edinburgh Gateway and Edinburgh Waverley (St Andrew Square) and on Lothian Buses between the West End and Newhaven. Lothian Buses said that some services in the area have been diverted. Daily Record Homepage: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ Daily Record Facebook:   / thescottishdailyrecord   Daily Record Instagram:   / scottishdailyrecord   Daily Record Sport Instagram:   / dailyrecord_sport   Daily Record TikTok:   / scottishdailyrecord   Daily Record Sport TikTok:   / dailyrecord_sport   Daily Record Twitter:   / daily_record   Daily Record Newsletters: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/newslet... Join our WhatsApp communities here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages: DAILY RECORD: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/sc... RECORD SPORT RANGERS: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/f... RECORD SPORT CELTIC: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/f... You can get all the latest news, sport, showbiz and comment at DailyRecord.co.uk LIKE | COMMENT | SUBSCRIBE | SHARE #DailyRecord