the way to do this is to hold a pickaxe then left click at the same time as swapping to the torches by pressing the corresponding number and torch will place and light area up but not use a torch from the inventory
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We're actually already tracking this issue at MCPE-59821, so I will resolve and link this ticket as a duplicate.
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I believe this is a ghost block.