EVs can catch fire when not running. That’s the big difference.
Occasionally (also running) diesels will “run away”, more common on mechanical direct injection when a serious faulr develops, but also if they can start slurping up their oil, and the results can be spectacular.
Interestingly, a Lister stationary diesel or any other make and break diesel, is practically immune to running away ... bada*boom*kisk!
—”EVs can catch fire when not running.”
Not just EVs.
8 MILLION cars recalled
Forensic Files - Season 7, Episode 41 - Plastic Fire - Full Episode
Sheila Bryan, who was convicted of killing her mother in a car fire, is granted a new trial. An expert fire witness’s opinion on how the fire ignited differs from the prosecution’s theory. If verified, it would clear Bryan of any culpability.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmDTGg5Qfbo
A neighbor’s four-week-old Ford was sitting in the garage when it caught fire... Ford and an army of fire investigators descended and spent weeks... Ford paid.
Direct injection uses extremely high fuel pressure making fuel supply lines critical to safety.