An even better comparison would also distinguish between differently fuelled ICEs. A diesel powered car is much less likely to catch fire than a petrol one. An

An even better comparison would also distinguish between differently fuelled ICEs. A diesel powered car is much less likely to catch fire than a petrol one. And, as previous commenter points out, age comes into the mix too. I used to be involved in the old VW camper van scene. Due to the age of those vehicles, it was generally advised to replace all the rubber fuel lines on those when buying a petrol engined one, as so many people had had engine bay fires because of perished rubber piping.