Low humidity along with calm winds is helping firefighters to gain the upper hand on the Topanga Fire, which as of early Friday evening has burned 21,000 acres. The blaze on the Los Angeles-Ventura county line was 20 percent contained, and fire officials are expecting 35 percent containment by day’s end. All evacuation orders have been lifted. Two homes as well as three outbuildings, a garage and storage shed were lost. Battling the blaze are firefighters from the Los Angeles city and county fire departments, the Ventura County Fire Department, the California Department of Forestry and the National Park Service. Crews from some Northern California fire departments and water-dropping aircraft from Canada have arrived in Los Angeles to join local firefighters. 

The other fire is burning in the hills above Burbank . Having burned some 500 + acres, with no containment in site, as of 6 pm Friday, crews from Burbank , L.A. County and Glendale will continue to battle this blaze throughout the night.