Lithium battery fire in Boeing Dreamliner while empty on Boston tarmac - not a problem?

 When I heard that the Boeing 787 had filled with smoke, and that the source had been a short circuited/over heated/ lithium ion battery pack in the underbelly, the first though I had was ValueJET Everglades crash [1]....

In the Value Jet crash 110 people went head first into the Everglades because chemical oxygen generators (small metal cans), improperly shipped on the plane, had gone off and overheated tires which ignited in the hold.   

This Boston battery fire, I believe, is a very serious safety issue with the 787 [2].  Cracked windshield, ok, overfilled fuel tanks spritzing onto the runway, ok.  But no battery fires. 

If the Boston plane was in the air when the batteries shorted, overheated, whatever and the plane filled with fumes - wouldn't been pretty.  

Everglades, probably.

Transportation Department: rip these planes apart and check everything - including visiting the sub assembly factories (overseas?)- and bill Boeing.