electrical fire

[kenstfelix]

well, i really did it this time. my power windows stopped working and i foolishly tried to remove the relay - without disconnecting the battery first! there was a spark, lots of smoke, i saw something glowing in there. luckily the whole thing didn't catch on fire but some wires were toasted. i'm going to try and assess the damage now (of course this happened while i'm out of town and parked in nyc).

you can see in the pics the wires that went to relay are burnt - and also some of those brown wires behind the steering wheel. Does anyone know what those are for?

if i can isolate these wires so they don't touch each other, would it be safe to drive? could the damage have gone where i can't see?