Jay Leno seriously burned in garage fire after vehicle erupts in flames - NBC News

Jay Leno was earnestly burned successful a store occurrence successful greater Los Angeles Saturday aft 1 of his cars erupted successful flames, the comedian announced.

“I got immoderate superior burns from a gasoline fire. I americium ok. Just request a week oregon 2 to get backmost connected my feet,” Leno said successful a connection to NBC News connected Monday.

Leno was moving astatine his store erstwhile a flash occurrence started successful a car, a typical for Leno said. The comedian houses an estimated 180 cars and 160 motorcycles astatine his store astatine Hollywood Burbank Airport, according to duPont Registry, a marketplace and work for uncommon and classical car collectors.

Jay Leno performs astatine The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize tribute performance successful Washington, connected March 4, 2020. Shannon Finney / Getty Images record

In a statement, Burbank Fire Department said it responded to a aesculapian exigency successful the country of Leno's store astatine 12:28 p.m. Saturday. The patient, which the section did not identify, was taken to a hospital.

The garage, which employs mechanics and enactment unit to support and reconstruct vehicles successful Leno's collection, is besides the determination of his Big Dog Productions company.

In July, duPont Registry estimated Leno's car postulation was worthy a small much than $50 million, and that his full nett worthy was astir a half-billion dollars.

The garage, renowned among automobile aficionados for its quality to reconstruct vehicles in-house, is the tract of 2 shows branded "Jay Leno's Garage" — 1 with play episodes connected his 3.4 million-subscriber YouTube channel, and his CNBC programme featuring stars and their cars.

It’s not wide which conveyance was involved. Many of Leno’s vehicles, including steam-powered models and a jet-powered car, predate modern information and ratio standards.

The 72-year-old comedian and former “Tonight Show” host canceled a Las Vegas show scheduled for Sunday nighttime aft suffering "a precise superior aesculapian emergency," People reported.

He was initially rushed to a Burbank infirmary connected Saturday earlier helium was taken to a pain halfway successful Los Angeles, a idiosyncratic acquainted with the incidental told NBC News.

The seasoned entertainer suffered burns to the near broadside of his look and was yet taken to the Grossman Burn Center successful West Hills, wherever helium remains, TMZ primitively reported and Leno's typical confirmed. The flames did not penetrate Leno’s eyes oregon ears, the typical said.

Leno is simply a luminary successful the car satellite and gets the benignant of personage attraction his precocious nighttime amusement reserved for apical guests.

His appearances astatine California's Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance and astatine the Audrain Concours + Motor Week successful Newport, Rhode Island, make section headlines.

In 2017, Big Dog registered the name, sketch and signature of Jay Leno for a imaginable enactment of car attraction products.

The comedian has famously said helium doesn't walk immoderate of the millions of dollars helium made hosting the "Tonight Show" on cars oregon thing else — helium has it successful savings.

Leno has maintained a comparatively debased illustration astatine home, wherever he's performed for years connected disconnected nights astatine the Comedy & Magic Club successful Hermosa Beach, which had him scheduled to execute Nov. 20.

It wasn’t wide if the incidental would impact his CNBC show’s schedule. A typical of that amusement did not instantly respond to a petition for information. It’s taped acold successful beforehand of airing each season.

All of his engagements for the week person been canceled.