When my gf first came to Europe she brought her hairdryer from the US and plugged it in using an adapter that just reroutes the wires. She was unaware of the voltage difference (or thought the adapter would adjust it.) That thing started spewing fire pretty much immediately and I luckily quickly realized what she was doing and was able to pull the plug (I hadn't noticed that she brought her own hair dryer.) Luckily she wasn't pointing it at herself ...
