The number of deaths from the collapsed building in Lagos Island has increased to six.

According to South-West spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency, Ibrahim Farinloye, fifteen people had so far been rescued in the incident which happened at Tokunbo, off Odunfa Road, Carrena/Martins Street, Lagos Island.

Farinloye said another eleven-year-old boy was pulled out of the debris alive, saying the rescue team comprising Lagos State Emergency Management Agency Response Unit, the Police, Lagos State Ambulance Service and the Lagos State Fire Service were still working at the scene.

Also, General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Adesina Tiamiyu said the rescue operation was ongoing, saying erection of a telecommunication mast very close to the building contributed to the collapse.

Heavy duty equipment is searching through the rubbles,” Tiamiyu said.

He said the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and Red Cross were also involved in the rescue operation.

A woman and her daughter died on Saturday when a building collapsed at Abule-Egba, a Lagos suburb.

The LASEMA spokesman, Adebayo Kehinde, said a five-year-old girl was rescued alive from the Saturday’s incident and was immediately taken to the General Hospital, Ikeja, by the State Ambulance Service.

He said the building collapsed at No. 7, Saidu Okeleji St., off Alaro Street, Meiran in Abule-Egba on Lagos-Sango-Abeokuta Expressway.