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My wife was putting Christmas decorations back in storage and broke the the light bulb. She said she saw sparks. An adjacent closet light which is switched no longer worked. I checked the breaker box and none of the breaker switches were tripped. I turned off all the power and removed and replaced the broken bulb. After turning on the power, the replacement bulb does not work nor the closet light either. I replaced the closet bulb and storage light fixture and nothing works. What’s next?

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    Some circuit breakers trip and their handle movement is so slight it's difficult to see. Have you tried flipping the applicable breaker off and then on again?
    – DavidRecallsMonica
    Commented Mar 17, 2023 at 2:28
  • If it isn’t a gfci, next possibility is the switch. Turn off power, take the switch apart, take lots of good pictures. Bonus points if you can test continuity in the switch with a multimeter.
    – Aloysius Defenestrate
    Commented Mar 17, 2023 at 13:06

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You most likely have a GFCI that has opened the circuit.

Check around the house for a GFCI outlet and reset it.

They look like this GFCI

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