Tensions were high among firefighters and emergency personnel Tuesday morning when a fire broke out at a home on Pikeview Lane about a mile east of Albany. When firefighters arrived at about 9:30 a.m., a neighbor reported that Wendell Shelton lived in the mobile home, and she had not seen him leave the structure that morning. With the building fully involved in smoke and fire, firefighters quickly donned the proper equipment to allow them to enter the home and begin searching for Shelton. After several minutes, there was a sudden relief that settled over the area when Shelton walked into the yard from the nearby roadway. “I walked to town this morning, I usually walk to town every day,” Shelton, who lives alone in the home, told the Clinton County News as he watched his home and belongings being destroyed. The exact cause of the fire has not yet been determined.