What MATTERS
fucktards who admittedly haven't even a residential wiremans license should NOT be starting threads pretending to provide information pertaining to electricity and electrical safety. You are endangering the lives of gullible souls, their loved ones and neighbors.
Sober the fuck up.
Saw this on CNN last night, they played it over and over. Video seems a little more difficult to locate now. I suppose we don't want to play the towel heads version of a 9/11 twin towers video thus inspiring more islamic bullshit.
Skip the talk and go to about 10 seconds in...
As an electrician, as a temporary work safety measure, I'd short the offending conductors together with a wirenut. If live, this will trip the associated OCPD and prevent the entire circuit from being re energized prior to unboxed junction being properly addressed.
If you have natural gas plumbed into your building or access to liquid propane, you might prefer a co2 generator over the co2 tank. Pound for pound, you get more co2 from propane since you're not toting that heavy ass cylinder.
Imo, refilling propane cans is fast, easy, draws no attention, can...