Jay Leno recalls horrific accident: 'I'm on fire ... Oh, my God' - New York Post

Jay Leno is recounting his melodramatic rescue by a adjacent person erstwhile helium suffered terrible burns successful a horrifying freak mishap past month.

The funnyman and car fanatic revealed what caused the fiery detonation successful the 72-year-old erstwhile “Tonight Show” host’s garage, wherever the incidental happened connected Nov. 12.

“It was a 1907 White Steam Car. The substance enactment was clogged, truthful I was underneath it,” helium said of moving connected the vintage car — alongside adjacent person David Killackey — during a speech with “Today” anchor Hoda Kotb. “It sounded clogged and I said, ‘Blow immoderate aerial done the line,’ and truthful helium did.”

Leno said the substance enactment made a noise, “and suddenly, boom, I got a look afloat of gas.

“And past the aviator airy jumped and my look caught connected fire,” helium recalled.

Luckily, Leno said Killackey acted fast.

Jay Leno spent 10 days successful a Los Angeles pain center.TODAY

“I said to my friend, I said, ‘Dave, I’m connected fire.’ And Dave’s like, ‘All right.’ I said, ‘No, Dave, I’m connected fire.’ And then, ‘Oh, my God.’ Dave, my friend, pulled maine retired and jumped connected apical of maine and benignant of smothered the fire,” Leno recalled.

Leno was taken to Grossman Burn Center successful Los Angeles, wherever helium was treated for third-degree burns connected his face, thorax and hands during a 10-day stay. Leno besides received tegument grafts and different surgical procedure.

Any scarring was not immediately, intelligibly disposable during the caller “Today” interview.

Cameras captured Leno being treated successful a hyperbaric chamber.Inside Edition

But helium was all smiles successful a photo with session unit connected Nov. 21 erstwhile helium was released from the center. Leno wasted nary clip getting backmost to his classical cars arsenic helium was spotted cruising astir Los Angeles successful respective of his whips the precise adjacent day.

Photos from July 2010 amusement Jay Leno driving astir Los Angeles successful his 1908 White Steam Car, which exploded successful a store fire. SplashNews.com

He adjacent performed a drama acceptable to a sold-out assemblage astatine the Comedy & Magic Club successful California’s Hermosa Beach conscionable implicit 2 weeks aft the incident. He had immoderate occupation parking, though, and hit a bull car successful the process.

Leno and Kotb’s afloat speech volition aerial Wednesday connected “Today.”