Dramatic video footage shows the inside of the Royal Albion hotel after it was gutted by a devastating fire.

Exposed brick and ruined floors can be seen through windows and damaged walls inside the building as demolition experts prepare to tear down parts of the building.

Smoke can still be seen coming from sections of the building after the hotel went up in flames on Saturday, July 15.

The video, taken on Tuesday afternoon, shows a person walking through parts of the Royal Albion hotel which have not been damaged by fire before arriving at sections which have been destroyed by the blaze.

Sections of roof and walls cover the floor with exposed wiring and cracks across the building.

The video also shows a precipice where the floor has given way with smoke coming from the wreckage below.

Water can also be seen dripping from sections of ceiling with much of the hotel remains exposed to the sky after the roof caved in.

ROYAL ALBION HOTEL FIRE

After moving to a separate location, the footage also shows crumbled bricks as well as the four floors of damage looming over the area.

Smoke billowed across the city on Saturday afternoon after flames were spotted from the Royal Albion hotel with thick plumes covering sections of the seafront and Old Steine in Brighton.

Drone images of the remain also show the burned-out remains of the hotel prior to its planned demolition expected to begin this afternoon.

Journalist Ava Santina, a former employee at the hotel, told the Argus that while working there she expected complaints every shift, adding: “The best thing for it was to burn down”.

Parts of the remains of the hotel are set to be demolished so that more investigations can take place.

A Sussex Police spokesman said that they are investigating the fire but that all people inside the hotel at the time of the fire had been accounted for.

Front doors in the Old Steine have been drilled shut to prevent residents returning to their homes while they are unsafe.