Despite the unhelpful antics of my villager mentioned in the last thread, it seems I wasn't going crazy. After this most recent restart two forges lit themselves and are currently alight but with no smoke and flames. Again I think this might be related to the bugfix for lamps that were extinguishing themselves during server restarts.
Not the only one, can't blame my stoner villager this time
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[13:17:51] <Gromm> (Exo) anybody else have forges or ovens that are lit that you didn't lite?
[13:18:56] <Czar> just reported it in the forums
[13:19:22] <Gromm> (Exo) okies, thanks
[13:19:34] <Czar> i noticed it a couple of restarts ago, but my villager made me believe he was fueling them to mess with me
[13:20:22] <Czar> yours lacking smoke and flames too?
[13:20:57] <Gromm> (Exo) no smoke, but looks lit.. it's red and all the items in it are glowing from the heat