Help!! Water from the upstairs bathroom is flowing into the kitchen through the light fixture!!?

Question

My toddler was having a bath and I was in the bathroom trying to figure out how the window sash comes out (another story all together!). I figured out that he took a couple tumblers full of water and poured them outside the tub (even though he knows he's not supposed to!).

The water, I think, flowed down the toilet inlet pipe to the kitchen ceiling below. I turned off all the lights at the breaker, thinking it's a fire hazzard because of the water on the wires/ light fixture. WHAT SHOULD I DO NOW?!

Now that the watter stopped dripping, I'm thinking I should remove the fixture and let the area dry out. If I remove the fixture and cap the wires, I can turn on the breaker so the other lights on that floor can be turned on (and finally fix the floor in the upstairs bathroom, of course!).

Is there anything else I should do?

Thanks!

Answer 1

This was a three stooges bit right? Get a towel and a hair-blower towel what you can and let the heat from the hairdryer do the rest. Or just turn the light on - it it works go on your way. If you need more assurance move a smoke detector to that room

Answer 2

Turn your water off? Call a plumer!