Some residents are beginning to assess the damage to their homes as firefighters appear to turn a corner in containing the blazes. But officials say there is much work to be done.

Firefighters continue to contain and suppress both the Los Angeles-area wildfires Friday, as winds that battered the region earlier in the week have subsided. All red flag warnings of critical fire danger expired Thursday evening,

Some residents evacuated in the Palisades fire also were allowed to return home on Thursday afternoon. Their homes are in an area near the Encino Reservoir, bordered on the east by the 405 Freeway and Westridge Canyonback Wilderness and north of West Sunset Boulevard.