Two issues here.  Your linked article stated that an EV fire is significantly more difficult to extinguish.  From the article:

Is It Harder to Extinguish an EV Fire?

Yes. The safety risks to first responders dealing with an EV battery fire are significant.

Keep that in mind, it's significant.

My second issue regards statistics.  The article states that, among other causes of EV fires, like Thermal runaway (...another major cause. According to UL Research Institutes, thermal runaway is “a phenomenon in which the lithium-ion cell enters an uncontrollable, self-heating state.” If the heat can’t disappate normally, it can lead to a fire), one of the greatest causes of EV fires is caused by collisions, to whit:

What Starts an EV Battery Fire?

According to an NTSB report, lithium-ion EV battery fires happened after a crash. High-voltage battery packs can be punctured on impact, or wiring and cables can short circuit. A spark from a short circuit can ignite the battery’s flammable organic solvents, setting individual cells ablaze, which overheat and ignite other cells.

Consider that as the number of EVs on the road increase, due to government forced adoption, the number of EVs involved in crashes will increase, and the number of ICE vehicles involved in crashes will decrease.  This is a simple mathematical reality.  The numbers you quoted as to how many of what type of vehicles catch fire per 1000 will change significantly as more EVs are on the road.  Again, it's a math problem.  And because EVs will burn when they crash, and because EV fires are more difficult and dangerous to put out, it stands to reason that EVs are not as safe as ICE vehicles.  

My thinking is that we should not have EVs forced upon us by our government in the name of "environmental responsibility" or anything else.  And this above doesn't even address several other negative aspects of EVs such as initial and replacement costs, slave labor in production, dealing with communist countries, pollution, etc.)