Turning off fire tick with
/gamerule fireTick false
disables fire spread. This means fire won't spread to another block, and blocks covered with fire don't get destroyed.
However, if lava is near a burnable block, the burnable block can catch on fire even with fire spread off. It will not, however, get destroyed.
It seems this is a bug, from previous responses. My two questions are:
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Is it going to be fixed in version 1.8?
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How can I circumvent it?
Best Answer
This is not a bug. The doFireTick gamerule controls the spread of fire, not the creation of fire. Lightning, lava, and, more importantly, flint and steel, can still set things on fire, even with this gamerule set to false. The only real way to circumvent this is to avoid placing burnable blocks near lava.