…The only EV car fire I am aware of was caused when someone disconnected the battery in an airport car yard…
That one was an example of stupidity. The battery was damaged by a high speed collision with road debris. It was removed from the car with a damaged case but then left to sit out in bad weather for a week during which time other cars were parked around it in a car holding yard at the airport. Eventually it caught fire and took out several of the cars around it.
A November 2024 report from EV FireSafe classified the eight electric vehicle fires that had occurred in Australia up to that date: one case of arson, three cases of fire spreading to the EV from a building fire, three caused by high speed collisions (including the one JT recalls), and one of unknown cause. The last of those occurred in a vehicle connected to a charging station but the fire was not caused by charging and it was not charging at the time.