Steps to reproduce successfully:
create a world 
have player join the world and be looking at you
create lava pit die in it
hit respawn notice there is constant fire changing dimensions and rain doesn't even put it out. the only thing that does is the sprint key 

Steps to unable to reproduce them:
create a world
have a player join
create lava pit
have player out of render distence say 10,000 blocks or in another dimension
die in lava
notice there is no fire it gets instantly put out