A wind-whipped wildfire ravaged the remote California mountain community of Walker on Tuesday, killing one person.<br />HuffPost reports the ferocious inferno struck suddenly at midday during strong winds high in the eastern Sierra Nevada.<br />The fire destroyed more than 80 structures, including homes, in the unincorporated town near the Nevada state line.<br />By early Wednesday, rain and snow reduced the fire to smoldering remnants after it scorched over 32 square miles.<br />Residents fled Walker and the towns of Coleville and Topaz. The Carson Valley Inn, to the north in Nevada, was a designated evacuation point.<br />About 130 rooms are being used to house people for several days.
