The bug
If a player is to walk near flowing lava that is adjacent to lava, it causes the player to wrongly catch on fire without touching the lava.
To create
Create lava source on the same level of the soul sand.
Overhang soul sand anywhere near lava to catch on fire.
Thank you for your report!
We're actually already tracking this issue in MC-1448, so I resolved and linked this ticket as a duplicate.
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