The 72-year-old comedian and former “Tonight Show” host said, “I got some serious burns from a gasoline fire. I am ok. Just need a week or two to get back on my feet.”
FILE - Jay Leno attends the Gershwin Prize Honoree's Tribute Concert in Washington on March 4, 2020. Leno is host of “You Bet Your Life,” a reboot of the Groucho Marx game show that debuts Monday on Fox TV stations. was seriously burned in a garage fire in Los Angeles on Saturday after one of his cars erupted in flames, the comedian announced.
“I got some serious burns from a gasoline fire. I am ok. Just need a week or two to get back on my feet,” Leno said in a statement to NBC News on Monday. Leno was working at his Los Angeles garage when a flash fire started in a car, a representative for Leno said.
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