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The type of ignition that occurs, it is a self-ignition occurring on the material. Humans do not combust thanks to thermal inertia (the human body is 2/3 water).

Assuming the Jedi wear a basic cotton material, the self-ignition flashpoint (the material catching on fire) is 407 degrees C.

The lava flowing is viscous, flowing quite rapidly, and appears to go for kilometers, suggesting a rhyolite lava. This type of lava is unusually hot in the greater than 950 degrees C range.

The spice will flow

Using the Sakimoto and Zuber: Flow and Convective Cooling in Lava Tubes Model and Anakin's slow descent down the loosely graveled walls we see that Anakin finally comes within range to trigger the self-ignition point of 470.

He's on fire!