Apparently they are pretty common. > In 2003-2007, U.S. fire departments responded to an average of 287,000 vehicle fires per year. These fires caused an aver

Apparently they are pretty common. > In 2003-2007, U.S. fire departments responded to an average of 287,000 vehicle fires per year. These fires caused an average of 480 civilian deaths, 1,525 civilian injuries, and $1.3 billion in direct property damage annually. http://www.nfpa.org/research/reports-and-statistics/vehicle-fires/vehicle-fire-trends-and-patterns http://www.nfpa.org/research/reports-and-statistics/vehicle-... Fire is only one component of vehicle safety. My main personal concern with vehicle safety is how the vehicle performs in an accident and Tesla seems to have an excellent record when it comes to building vehicles that hold up very, very well in collisions.