Jay Leno Explains Moment He Got Third-Degree Burns in Car Fire

Jay Leno is breaking down the automotive hearth that despatched him to a burn unit with second- and third-degree burns … and he is fairly cool when speaking concerning the fiery episode.

The comic sat down for an interview with NBC News’ Hoda Kotb and advised her how some mechanical work on one in all his classic automobiles turned ugly within the blink of a watch.

Jay says he was in his Burbank storage final month engaged on a 1907 White Steam Car, attempting to unclog a gas line. He says he advised his good friend, Dave Killackey, to blow some air by way of the gas line when abruptly he was hit with a face full of gas … and it solely bought worse from there.

Jay says his face caught hearth when the automotive’s pilot mild ignited the gas … and he yelled to his good friend, “I’m on fire.”

Fortunately, Jay says Dave was Johnny on the spot … pulling him out of hurt’s method and jumping on top of him to smother the fireplace.

Jay’s again to enterprise as standard already … he is fairly informal in recalling the scary scenario … which jives with how he is been for the reason that accident, like when he went again to the identical storage simply 10 days after the incident and was cracking jokes to photogs.

The former “Jay Leno’s Garage” host canceled some gigs whereas he was within the hospital however when he was released from the burn center he went proper again to what he does greatest … making folks laugh, even at his personal expense, returning to his weekly Sunday evening gig in Hermosa Beach.