There’s generally not much news to a car fire. 99% of the time, the driver and passengers get out. And if the car isn’t up against something, there’s really not a ton of risk for anyone involved if the fire department knows what they’re doing.

Unless someone gets video of it and submits it (they do look pretty bad), there’s really no point in a news site investing time and effort in writing a story. It’s a glorified 1-car accident with no injuries. There’s probably at least a dozen of those in the state each day. You don’t hear about them unless someone is seriously hurt or killed, or the news sites luck out and get a good video submitted from the public.