Jay Leno has recalled how his "face caught on fire" during a recent accident at a car garage, which left him with severe burns. The former host of The Tonight Show, 72, said he received "a faceful of gas" while working underneath a car last month in Burbank, California.
He suffered "deep second-degree" and possibly third-degree burns during the incident but was released from hospital shortly before Thanksgiving. In his first interview since the incident, he told US news show Today that he had been saved by a friend who had jumped on top of him to smother the flames.
"It was a 1907… a white steam car," he said, in a short clip of the interview. "The fuel line was clogged and I was underneath it trying to unclog (it).
