Petrol cars are transported without fuel and not a significant fire hazard. Lithium battery can combust spontaneously because of a manufacturing defect or damag

Petrol cars are transported without fuel and not a significant fire hazard. Lithium battery can combust spontaneously because of a manufacturing defect or damage and once fire started it is near impossible to put off. Number of electric car is growing and how to transport them safely is still an open question. Guess that's why it reported. A fire on an oil tanker is also hard to impossible to put off once significant amount of oil/fuel starts to burn and it usually covered in news.