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

Jay Leno Explains How He Was Burned By Car ... 'I'm On Fire!!!'

12/13/2022 4:30 PM PT

Jay Leno is breaking down the car occurrence that sent him to a pain portion with second- and third-degree burns ... and he's beauteous chill erstwhile talking astir the fiery episode.

The comedian sat down for an interrogation with NBC News' Hoda Kotb and told her however immoderate mechanical enactment connected 1 of his vintage cars turned disfigured successful the blink of an eye.

Jay says helium was successful his Burbank store past period moving connected a 1907 White Steam Car, trying to unclog a substance line. He says helium told his friend, Dave Killackey, to stroke immoderate aerial done the substance enactment erstwhile abruptly helium was deed with a face afloat of gas ... and it lone got worse from there.

Jay says his look caught occurrence erstwhile the car's aviator airy ignited the substance ... and helium yelled to his friend, "I'm connected fire."

Fortunately, Jay says Dave was Johnny connected the spot ... pulling him retired of harm's mode and jumping connected apical of him to smother the fire.

Jay's backmost to concern arsenic accustomed already ... he's beauteous casual successful recalling the scary concern ... which jives with however he's been since the accident, similar erstwhile helium went backmost to the aforesaid store conscionable 10 days aft the incident and was cracking jokes to photogs.

The erstwhile "Jay Leno's Garage" big canceled immoderate gigs portion helium was successful the infirmary but erstwhile helium was released from the pain center helium went close backmost to what helium does champion ... making folks laugh, adjacent astatine his ain expense, returning to his play Sunday nighttime gig successful Hermosa Beach.

Jay's afloat interrogation with Hoda airs Wednesday connected the "Today Show."