Says the person posting a stat showing hybrids (a form of EV) as twice as likely to be in a fire as petrol by sales. Of course, that infographic is a good example of misleading numbers. By using "per 100k sales", it conveniently ignores the fact that while EV sales have been climbing, the actual number of vehicles on the road is very small. Basically, by sales is a meaningless figure as it bears little resemblance to number on the road.
Get the same figures as "per 100k on the road" and you'll find reality is a bit more bleak.
Man! We really need a facepalm emoji on here! The
WHOLE POINT of quoting per 100,000 of each, is so that it evens-out the difference in total numbers on the road!
If you did it in absolute numbers, the percentage of EV fires would be
even less! 
But just to humour you, here's a link to a Swedish study - this time, per 100,000 of each type of vehicle
registered. Unfortunately, I somehow don't think you'll like that one either...
BEV fire rate is a fraction of ICE on an all-cause basis; practical guidance for owners and building managers.
brianiselin67.medium.com
Something else to consider is the effect of a fire. Contrary to the hollywood special effects output, petrol & duesel vehicles very rarely "explode". Fires with them can be tackled with water/foam spray.
Once an EV (or hybrid) battery goes into thermal runaway, then the only means of tackling it is to try and limit the spread to "everything in the vicinity" - without getting too close and getting hit by the shrapnel a Li battery pack emits as it undergoes what Elon might describe as an unscheduled rapid disassembly.
Yes, on the (as we've now established, significantly rarer) times an EV battery goes up in smoke, they are harder to put out, using the same methods that fire fighters have been using to put out ICE fires for the last 100 years or so. When you think about it, that's not altogether surprising - what with the fire being under the car in a strong, waterproof box...
But with a more appropriate technique, actually pretty quick and easy...
Apologies, I missed the introductions and came in as the speaker was talking about his work with HSE science section.
He's from a consultancy that's been doing work in the field - including for at least one major UK vehicle manufacturer.
The First Dual fuel Ship in the James Fisher Fleet.
www.bdae.org.uk
One thing it was not, was a "load of made-up bolleaux".
OK, so... nobody from HSE said any of those things... thought not...
Unfortunately, your link is only to a company, not to anything to do with the presentation. But a presentation on hazards of anything is different to a presentation on the risks of those hazards ever occurring! If you were to go to a presentation on the hazards of petrol you'd probably never get in another petrol car! Still, some folk are easily spooked...
