Kenny G

This is what happen 2010 TC I was driving and I smelled an electrical burning smell, when I got home I couldn’t get the van out of park/ no brake lights. so I got it out of park and took it to my repair shop. They replaced the brake light switch and the fuse. yesterday I noticed that my high mounted brake light was black and not working. im wondering if the brake light switch was fine and it was just a blown fuse from the light blowing out? the burning smell is still there but not nearly as strong and it’s coming from the area around the third brake light.

Will a burnt out (shorted) third brake light cause the brake light switch to short out ?