I am relocated a lot for work. I have appliances from the US but I live in Egypt. In order to use those appliances, I have a big step-down converter which should handle 2500W.
But, because the converter has also a step-up mode, its front panel has two 110v outlets and one for 220v.
Since we have only two outlets and three appliances around the converter, my maid thought "hey, why don't I plug the water heater in the third outlet instead of playing musical plug?" and boom.
To be honest, it's my fault, I left this thing there knowing that one day someone will make a mistake and even if it took two years to happen, it did. I should just have made it impossible to make the mistake one way or another. Live and learn…