but if you have a fire, there will be a lot of live cables dangling down which is BAD.
Yeah that's not brilliant is it?
Coroner's report: subject tried to evacuate the building, but the heat had already melted several 240v cables, one of which tripped the subject, and the other electrocuted him in the groin. To death.
In reality, the breaker would most likely trip from a live to earth fault if enough sheath had melted off to expose bare live conductor - not sure how keen I'd be to find out tho!
Yeah that's not brilliant is it?
Coroner's report: subject tried to evacuate the building, but the heat had already melted several 240v cables, one of which tripped the subject, and the other electrocuted him in the groin. To death.