A collapse in an office in Pinar del Río leaves a family trapped in a neighboring house

The roof of an office of OFICODA in the city of Pinar del Río partially collapsed early Thursday morning, trapping a family in the adjacent building.

The information was disseminated by the Facebook page "De Pinar Soy", a profile associated with the MININT in that province that publishes police and security news with a perspective aligned with the regime.

According to the report, the cause of the collapse was the poor condition of that section of the building's roof.

The firefighters from Pinar responded to the call in the early hours of the morning and successfully rescued the trapped family members without any of them sustaining injuries.

The publication emphasized that there were no injuries, framing the incident as a success of the emergency services' response, which is the typical pattern of such official media that highlight the state's actions rather than the structural deterioration that causes these accidents.

The OFICODA —Office for the Control of Supply Distribution— is the network of state agencies that manages the Consumer Registry and oversees the Supply Book, the rationing system in effect in Cuba since 1962.

These offices, present in all provinces of the country and under the Ministry of Domestic Trade (MINCIN), serve as the point of contact between the State and citizens for the allocation of food and subsidized products.

The fact that one of these buildings has a roof in such a state of disrepair that it could collapse and endanger the neighboring residents illustrates the magnitude of the infrastructure crisis facing Cuba, a crisis that does not differentiate between private and state properties.

Pinar del Río also faces other serious shortages: the water supply in the province relies heavily on trucks that residents must pay up to 15,000 pesos, according to recent reports.

On a national scale, approximately 35% of Cuba's housing stock —about 4.1 million homes— is in fair or poor condition, and the deficit exceeds 929,000 units.

In Havana, according to official figures cited in April of this year, there are nearly 1,000 building collapses each year, a figure that reflects decades of neglect and lack of investment in maintenance.

The case in Pinar del Río adds to a series of similar incidents recorded in recent months: in Camagüey, two elderly individuals were rescued alive after the collapse of a house at the end of September, and in Centro Habana, a partial collapse in a building put its residents at risk days later.