Any new heat or fire could cause the leaking well and the surrounding area to explode.

VOA: special.2009.03.22

This means that all the area surrounding that Fairview Gardens was mainly farmland back in the 1950s, all growing food, probably a fair amount of it being eaten locally by people.

美景花园的整个周边地区,在上世纪50年代基本上都是耕地,都长着农作物,其中很大一部分被当地人消费掉

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The area surrounding the Santa Fe Trail included the hunting grounds of the Cheyenne, the Kiowa,the Comanche, the Arapaho and the Apache.

VOA: special.2009.03.30

Authorities are taking no chances. Although they have announced there will be no red zone, an alcohol ban will come into force starting Tuesday in the center of Rome and the area surrounding the stadium.

VOA: standard.2009.05.26