Another reason this might be news-worth is if the rate of Tesla fires suddenly rose. I didn't look at any numbers and I suspect the number didn't suddenly change. Just trying to point out that ICE fires aren't the only baseline to compare to.
"I did not actually look to see if what I'm saying is true. I'm going to just declare it is and rely on someone caring enough to do the legwork to disprove me, assuming that's even possible."