Lingering Potion Creates Giant Fire Object in Lava

When a "Lingering" potion is thrown into lava, it spawns an up-scaled fire object. This does not happen with Splash potions, only "Lingering".

I attempted to capture video, if you like to see it, here is the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvVJgJJVT8A&feature=youtu.be