Leno suffered serious burns to his hands and chest and third-degree burns to his face after one of his vintage cars erupted into flames, while he was working on it in his garage last month.
US comedian Jay Leno has described the moment his face caught on fire in a blaze that left him with burns on around 7% of his body.to his hands and chest, as well as third-degree burns to his face, after one of his vintage cars erupted into flames in his Los Angeles garage last month.
In his first interview since suffering the injuries, the 72-year-old told NBC's Today show he was working on his 1907 White Motor Co steam-powered car with a friend when he noticed the vehicle's fuel line was clogged. "Then suddenly, boom, I got a face full of gas and then the pilot light jumped, and my face caught on fire."Leno was taken by ambulance to a hospital and then sent to the Grossman Burn Center in Los Angeles, where he received hyperbaric treatment – an oxygen therapy that can accelerate burn wound healing.Skin grafts from 'human cadaver skin'