Jay Leno Talks To ‘Today’ About Accident That Led To Severe Burns
deadline.comJay Leno talked to Today about the accident that led to him suffering severe burns last month, as he told co-host Hoda Kotb that his face “caught on fire.” Leno spent nine days in the hospital, including extensive time in a hyperbaric chamber, as doctors worked to treat the burns and conduct skin grafts.
In the interview, Leno, a classic car enthusiast, said that on Nov. 12 he had been working on a 1907 white steam car with a clogged fuel line.
He was working with a friend, Dave Killackey. “I was underneath it, trying to unclog it, and so I said, blow some air through the line,” Leno said.
Then, he said, there was a “poof,” and “then suddenly I got a face full of gas and then the pilot light jumped and my face caught on fire.” “I said to my friend, I said, ‘Dave I am on fire here,'” Leno recalled.
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