Quite a few manufacturers had similar streaks over the last few decades that usually ended in changes to the car line in question, another example to yours is [1]. Not sure why we treat this differently (either by exaggerating or ignoring cases where an EV is involved).

It's certainly a thing that happens in these systems, sometimes it happens enough to warrant changes and/or recalls if it's systemic. Should there be insufficient protection in EV models that fails to address the safety issues unique to the new components that's something we need to address, just like we address when it happens in traditional cars.

Media over-reporting this is no different than those "look at that expensive supercar on fire" cases imho, the tech is new and gets clicks, slap Tesla in the summary and you get even more clicks. We certainly don't help the issue with discussions that look like programming language wars.

[1] https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/ferrari-fuel-vapor-leak-f...

*Edit: changed to real link from amp version.