Jay Leno Was Working on 115-Year-Old Steam Car When Fire Erupted: Report - Jalopnik

On Monday, it was reported that Jay Leno was severely burned connected his look aft a occurrence that erupted successful his Burbank garage. We are present learning much details astir the incidental that initially took spot connected Saturday.

TMZ reports that Leno was moving connected his 1907 White Steam Car’s clogged substance line. The comedian told the outlet that a substance leak caused gasoline to spray connected his look and hands. At the aforesaid time, a spark triggered the explosion. Leno says his person Dave was close determination and was capable to leap connected him and enactment the flames out.

The erstwhile speech amusement big reportedly is present dealing with third-degree burns and whitethorn request tegument grafts. Luckily, the occurrence didn’t harm Leno’s eyes oregon ears.

He was taken by ambulance to the Grossman Burn Center successful Los Angeles and is expected to enactment determination for betwixt 5 to 10 days.

The 72-year-old has canceled each of his events for the adjacent 2 weeks.

The 115-year-old White Steam Car is 1 of astir 180 cars and 160 motorcycles that Leno keeps successful his Burbank garage. A YouTube video, posted 9 years ago, shows Leno giving a circuit of, and moving on, the Steam Car: 

The automotive icon hosts a amusement connected CNBC and a YouTube channel, some called Jay Leno’s Garage.