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In AC circuits (regular household circuits), the voltage source changes the polarity of its output regularly. In India, this happens 100 times per second. By contrast, in DC circuits, the current flow is unidirectional due to the fixed polarity of the voltage source. This leads to undisrupted, longer and sustainable arcs in DC circuits (the reason why arc welding machines use DC current and not AC current).
While breaking a DC circuit, it is easy to form such arcs, and if they are not extinguished in time they lead to device overheating and ultimately to fire. AC circuit breakers are not equipped well enough to deal with such arcs, whereas DC circuit breakers have special arc chutes to capture arcs and extinguish them safely, hence they are highly recommended.
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