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With this type of electrical fire, there's no way to pinpoint the damage until you start digging into it---starting with the simplest things first--fuses, melted wires under the fuse box, fusible link failures, condition of the battery.
You may need to take it to a specialist who has wiring diagrams and scan tools and can diagnose this step by step and inch by inch in the wiring.