Firefighting chief Brig-Gen Naseh Mohammed put the death toll as high as 30.

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Last week, it emerged that Brig-Gen Tlas had escaped Syria via Turkey, in what correspondents described as a significant blow to the Assad regime.

BBC: Middle East

Brig Gen Wissam al-Hassan was viewed as one of the leading Sunni figures in Lebanon.

BBC: Wissam al-Hassan, 2007

Brig Gen Carsten Jacobson, spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, said an investigation had been launched.

BBC: UK troops arrested over Afghanistan child abuse claims

Brig Gen Joseph Nzabamwita told the BBC they were undergoing re-education.

BBC: Rwandan army deserters 'held on Lake Kivu island'

Fire brigade chief Brig Gen Ali Ahmed Khan said crews had seen bodies lying on the ground inside, but that "no-one was seen alive".

BBC: Dhaka building collapse: Hopes for rescue fade