Well the first part is interesting if there are statistically more EV accidents pro rata than ICE. It would certainly be interesting to understand why that would be the case. We can guess (and it is a guess) at the instant torque means they take off more quickly, no engine noise so people mistakenly forgetting the car is "live", electronic gear select which can mean the car isn't always in the gear you think (more than once I've gone the wrong way because the car hasn't changed gear, something I never do with an big old fashioned auto gearbox controller), etc.
The fires point is also one I'm undecided on. You need to benchmark against cars of a similar age. What's the % of cars under 4 years old that catch fire is the statistic. Although equally it may be arguable that on cars over 4 years old, ICE get more as maintenance issues creep in and rubber perishes etc causing the fires, whereas EV's don't have the same fuel line problems. And secondly the consequences of the fire are as important as the number of fires. If many petrol fires can be snuffed out in 2 mins with a mini fire extinguisher but a battery fire requires specialist containment equipment then the former can be tolerated. For the avoidance of doubt, I'm not suggesting any of this is proven, I'm merely suggesting anything is possible, we don't have meaningful data.
The whole story sounds more like a training or promotional video where for production and safety purposes they used a bit of Hollywood creativity rather than risk killing the camera crew, and it's been blown out of all proportion.
