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There is a risk, however The damage is already done. And as long as you don't have a bare wire touching a ground your safe. I would hope that the fuse would blow if there's a short there.
You'll really have to either crawl under the dash to find the problem or more likely pull the dash.
Good Luck, Have fun, take your time with it and I'm glad that I don't have to do the work