4 dead in two building collapses in old Havana

[ha_banos]

Of the 3 dead one is a 7 year old girl I read elsewhere 😥 at Monte 722, between Rastro and Carmen on Friday.

https://en.cibercuba.com/noticias/2025-07-12-u1-e129488-s27061-nid306873-tres-personas-atrapadas-tras-derrumbe-habana-vieja

And this is another building in Havana's Santo Suárez Neighborhood on Saturday? With one dead.

https://www.cubaheadlines.com/articles/306890

 

[Fugu]

….and not caused by earthquake - that’s the true tragedy!

[JohnnyO]

If there are any survivors of any of those collapsed buildings they send you to a warehouse to sleep on the floor. If you don't have any family/friends to take you in, you could be sleeping on that floor 20+ years. John

[Dlowil]

What a tragedy. Prayers to all involved.

[helix]

More and more about to crumble as time goes on. Heaven forbid an earthquake in Havana occurs as it would just be a dust cloud. Truly an untenable situation. 😢

[ATGroom]

The condition of the buildings is by far the most nerve-racking thing about visiting Havana for me. Centro Havana in particular has these narrow sidewalks with 3 and 4 story buildings with overhanging balconies that have huge cracks, chunks of concrete missing, exposed rusting rebar, random piles of rubble all over the place. It's terrifying.

[helix]

36 minutes ago, ATGroom said:

The condition of the buildings is by far the most nerve-racking thing about visiting Havana for me. Centro Havana in particular has these narrow sidewalks with 3 and 4 story buildings with overhanging balconies that have huge cracks, chunks of concrete missing, exposed rusting rebar, random piles of rubble all over the place. It's terrifying.

You walk in the middle of the street.

[LaoFan]

1 hour ago, ATGroom said:

The condition of the buildings is by far the most nerve-racking thing about visiting Havana for me. Centro Havana in particular has these narrow sidewalks with 3 and 4 story buildings with overhanging balconies that have huge cracks, chunks of concrete missing, exposed rusting rebar, random piles of rubble all over the place. It's terrifying.

I stayed here on my latest trip: https://www.tribecaribecayohueso.com/ - beautiful interiors. ^ 100% on the balcony. I wondered with every coffee.

Everyone I met in Havana (mostly Chinese to be fair who wouldn't leave the main hotels) thought I was a lunatic for staying in Centro. 

[ATGroom]

I was staying in Vedado last trip. At one point I had been walking back from Old Havana along the Malecon, and I wanted to cross the road from the sea-side to head back inland.

I used the little tunnel under the Malecon at the square opposite the big hospital. The tunnel is just rotting concrete, all rebar exposed and completely rusted, lots of chunks all over the ground, more hanging loose from the ceiling, six lanes of trucks thundering overhead all day. Next time I'll take my chances on the road rather than use that thing. It definitely will collapse at some point and the Malecon will be cut off until it is repaired.