Rescuer Jin Maiguang said: "we are racing against time and doing everything we can to put the pipes together, pump out the water and reach those who are trapped underground."

一位姓金的援救者说：“我们在和时间赛跑，全力以赴，把抽水管子集中在一起，将水抽出来，救出那些困在地下的矿工。”

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Landlord Will Segar said Zhu refused to turn on the heat in the apartment he rented with two others, and as a result the pipes froze and burst.

房东Will Segar表示朱海洋曾拒绝打开与其他二人合住的屋内的暖气，这导致后来水管爆裂。

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Techint, the Argentine manufacturer of the pipes, said they were destined for the Mediterranean.

阿根廷的油管制造商Techint表示，这些油管是要运往地中海。

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"When 2014 comes and the percentage of Americans that have employer-based insurance find out they could lose their insurance and be dumped into an exchange there will be an uproar, " Pipes said.

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Referring to the 22, 000 discharge pipes, the charity said the figure only referred to pipes known as combined sewer overflows and emergency overflows.

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"What they should be doing is finding money from donors to buy new sewer pipes, " he said.

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