'My face caught on fire': Jay Leno details serious burn injuries after garage fire a month ago

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Jay Leno is speaking in depth about the burns he suffered on his face and body in a garage fire last month.The 72-year-old star, in a preview of an interview with NBC News' Today slated to air in its entirety Wednesday, explained to Hoda Kotb the series of events in the injury he suffered in the November 12 accident as he worked in his garage alongside his friend Dave Killackey.'It was a 1907 White Steam Car,' the former host of The Tonight Show said. 'The fuel line was clogged so I was underneath it.

It sounded clogged and I said, "Blow some air through the line," and suddenly, boom, I got a face full of gas. And then the pilot light jumped and my face caught on fire.' The latest: Jay Leno, 72, is speaking in depth about the burns he suffered on his face and body in a garage fire last month.

He was pictured last month at a show following the incident Leno said Killackey was fast to his aid in the critical moments.'I said to my friend, I said, "Dave, I'm on fire,"' he said. 'And then, "Oh, my God." Dave, my friend, pulled me out and jumped on top of me and kind of smothered the fire.' Leno was treated for third-degree burns at the Grossman Burn Center in West Hills, California in the wake of the incident, remaining at the facility for 10 days amid his recovery.The comedy icon had 'relatively serious' burns to 'approximately 7 percent of his body,' spanning his face, chest and hands, the director of the medical facility, Dr.

Peter Grossman, told NBC News last month. Leno was treated for third-degree burns at the Grossman Burn Center in West Hills, California in the wake of the incident, remaining at the facility for 10 days amid his recovery  Leno hosted NBC's The Tonight Show from 1992 until his departure in.