Jay Leno is speaking out for the first time about what actually happened that day, little over a month after a terrible accident in his garage left him with serious second-degree burns all over his face and upper torso.
What accident did Jay Leno have? How did Jay Leno burn his face?
The comic talked about how it felt to have burns that came close to killing him during an accident at his garage last month. The gas was ignited when he received gas all over his face from a sudden illumination. The comic said that his face “caught on fire” at one point.
On November 12, Leno and his pal David Killackey were repairing a 1907 White Steam Car, one of the beloved antique cars in Leno’s Los Angeles house. He climbed under the car because the fuel line was jammed. In response to his request, Killackey “blow some air into the line.” His pal.
The fuel line immediately started making noise. Leno informed Kotb, “Boom, I got a face full of gas.” The pilot light immediately “jumped,” and my face “started to burn.” Leno, 72, commended Killackey’s quick thinking for saving his life. He jumped onto Leno and pulled him away from the automobile. The Last Man Standing actor referred to his pal as having “kind of quenched the flames.”
