white touching white is no problem, it's when white meets black you create a short circuit in your system, (unless you're wiring 2 or 3 way switches, then they'll meet red black and white)
if you have a continuity tester, you might want to take the outlets out and see if the outlets have been shorted somehow themselves...
i'd call an electrician right about now too when you're dealing with things melting.
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