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Jay Leno is fortunate to be alive after a horrific burn accident on November 12 left him with second degree burns on his face, neck, chest, hands and one of his arms. In a Dec. 13 article published by personsthe 72-year-old comedian and host of CNBCs Jay Leno’s garage divided photos of yourself in a hospital bed after the accident – and went into great detail on how the whole situation unfolded.
The incident happened on November 12, when Jay and his close friend David Killacky, were working on a 1907 White Steam Car parked in Jay’s huge garage in Burbank, California. According to the outlet, the two repaired a clogged fuel line under the vehicle. “When you work with cars, you have a lot of accidents. But that’s bigger than most,” Leno said in the interview published Dec. 13. “In a steam car, you have gasoline, but you also have an evaporator that is heated by a pilot flame to turn water into steam.” persons included photos of the car the two friends were working on.
While trying to fix the problem, Jay said, “I got a face full of gas,” adding, “I knew how close I was to the check light and I was like, ‘Uh oh’.” Then he revealed that the gasoline reacted with the spark and his whole face was engulfed in flames. “It felt exactly like my face was on fire. Maybe like the most intense sunburn you’ve ever had, that would be fair to say,” Jay said.
“I was under the car maybe 10 seconds before Dave pulled me out. I could have lost my eye longer. I’m not a panicky type, but I knew if I breathed in I could burn my lungs,” Jay said in the interview. After Dave helped Jay by suffocating him with the shirt he was wearing, paramedics soon arrived. They brought the legendary TV show host to the Grossman Burn Center. persons also spoke to Jay’s surgeon at the hospital, dr Peter Grossman, who told the outlet: “When he walked in, his burns were deeper than I expected. Jay is definitely an outlier when it comes to how well he’s healed considering the severity of his injuries.” The article also included a photo of Jay in a hospital bed while undergoing treatment.
Due to his injuries, Jay had to undergo two skin grafts. He also had several sessions in a hyperbaric chamber, which helped oxygenate his tissues, the outlet says. He was hospitalized for nine days and Jay revealed himself too persons that he refused to take painkillers. Less than a week after leaving the hospital, Jay performed a standup comedy routine the Comedy & Magic Club, which is located in Hermosa Beach, California. He jokingly said, “It’s kind of given my career a boost because it’s like, ‘Let’s see him before he burns up again.'”
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