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TFD firefighters fighting Crow's Grocery store fire at 1902 Lake Bradford Road in Tallahassee, Florida.
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N2009-4, Box 2
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Fire fighting--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Firefighting equipment
Community enterprise--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Grocery store--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Protective clothing
Fire streams
Fire hose
Civil rights movements
Violent deaths
Offenses against property
Arson
Riots--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Food industry and trade--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee--Fires and fire prevention
Grocery trade--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee--Fires and fire prevention
Fires--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Firefighting--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Firefighters--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Fire departments--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee--Officials and employees
Fire prevention--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
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D.W. Harris is nozzleman.
The Tallahassee Fire Department provides emergency services from fires and fire hazards, as well as first response to biological, chemical and radioactive hazards. Its mission is to prevent or minimize the loss of life and property, protect the environment, assist in cooperative emergency medical services, mitigate the consequences of natural and unforeseen disasters, and provide non-emergency support services, through professional and effective delivery, to all who live, visit, work or invest in the City of Tallahassee and Leon County.
19 year old Travis Crow suffocated after a Molotov cocktail firebomb was hurled through the window of the grocery store his family owned during riots following the sniper slaying of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Tallahassee Fire Department. TFD firefighters fighting Crow's Grocery store fire at 1902 Lake Bradford Road in Tallahassee, Florida. 1968-04-05. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/54268>, accessed 9 June 2026.
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Tallahassee Fire Department. TFD firefighters fighting Crow's Grocery store fire at 1902 Lake Bradford Road in Tallahassee, Florida. 1968-04-05. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/54268>
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(State Archives of Florida/Tallahassee Fire Department.)
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