@lyse still not as bad as the time a fire started in the breaker panel for my building and I had to personally put it out myself with a fire extinguisher.
@lyse these pics are from late 2023.
I was taking a shower – we use electric showers in Brazil, and in many other countries in South America. Despite the global widespread GASP whenever this is mentioned, it’s a safe thing… if your electrical installation is decent. As this very thread (and the picture) can attest, mine… kinda isn’t.
Yet, I didn’t die from the shower itself, but I nearly died that day: I was showering, power went out only in the bathroom, and an intense burnt smell and thick smoke were in the corridors of the building (I live in a lower floor). I was half-desperate and half-“gotta act NOW”, grabbed the nearest fire extinguisher and dealt with the actual fire that had started into the FUCKING WOODEN ELECTRIC BREAKER PANEL (remember my “sad joke of a infrastructure” comment).
It was not until later that I learned half of the fire extinguishers in the bulding are WATER based and I didn’t die by mere chance. Yay.