A manufactured gas leak has been active for more than four months on Príncipe Street, between Vigía and Romay, in the Atarés neighborhood of Havana, with no authorities taking measures to repair it, as evidenced by a video shared this Saturday on the social network X.
The testimony recorded on site is compelling. "As you can see, that's gas, and we've been dealing with this for over four months, and nobody is doing anything about it. Yesterday, the sanitation people from the army were here, and a general who was here called, and nothing, no one came," is heard in the recording shared by user Yanko Mesa.
The complainant warns that the situation poses "an imminent danger" in an area where children and the elderly also reside, and urges sharing the video before a tragedy occurs.
According to the account, sanitation personnel from the Revolutionary Armed Forces and a general visited the location, and the latter attempted to secure a response by phone, but without success.
"They cleaned the entire street, and the general who was here called the authorities, but nobody came for no reason; they ignored him. This means that it doesn't matter, whatever happens will happen," the whistleblower emphasized.
He also pointed out the paradox of gas being wasted for months in a broken pipeline while Cuba is experiencing an extreme shortage of fuel.
The escape happens at the worst possible time. The informal fuel market has surged in Cuba, with domestic gas cylinders reaching prices of up to 50,000 Cuban pesos in the informal market.
At the beginning of the year, the government suspended the distribution of liquefied gas in the eastern region due to a lack of supply.
This incident is not isolated. The Cuban gas infrastructure has accumulated decades of deterioration. In November 2025, a breakdown left the residents of the municipalities of Old Havana, Central Havana, Cerro, 10 de Octubre, and Plaza de la Revolución without manufactured gas.
In May of that same year, a pipeline rupture affected two municipalities in Havana. And in 2022, residents of Marianao reported a dangerous gas leak in the street with the same pattern: citizen complaint, no institutional response, and ongoing risk to the population.
The government has attempted to present the expansion of the so-called "street gas" as a solution to the crisis. In March, the government announced a goal of 25,000 new customers for this year, but only 735 homes had been connected by the end of that month, a figure that highlights the gap between official rhetoric and reality.
In the meantime, in Atarés, gas has been leaking from a broken pipe for over four months, and the neighbors are hoping someone will take action before the negligence leads to a disaster.
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