Touching the outside surface of a lava cauldron lights the player on fire.
To reproduce:
Place a cauldron
Fill it with lava
Set game mode to survival, walk towards the cauldron such that your hitbox is touching the outside of the cauldron
Observe that the player is on fire and takes damage
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