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Jay Leno, 72, the former “The Tonight Show” host and comedian, suffered gasoline burns on his face.

Jay Leno, an avid Car collector was working on one of his vehicles in his garage, when it reportedly burst into flames.

According to sources, the explosion severely burned the left side of Leno’s face, but luckily it did not injure Lenos ‘eye or ear.

Leno got “sprayed with gas” from a steam car in his Burbank garage. This consequently resulted in igniting and burning some portions of his face.

Leno Speaks about his Condition

Leno was being treated at the Grossman Burn Center in LA, at the time of this Report.

“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 the former “The Tonight Show” host, told Variety.

Lenos’ Hobby

According to US News & World Report, Leno’s impressive car collection boasts of over 180 vehicles. This includes hypercars, exotic cars, and additionally museum-grade artifacts. 

The Jay Leno Garage Web and TV Series

Jay Leno the former host of The Tonight Show also stars in the American web and TV series “Jay Leno’s Garage”. Likewise, this web series is all about motor vehicles, involving cars and bikes.

Jay Leno’s Garage was initially a web series for NBC.com, and was then aired on CNBC in August 2014. This show later ran as a prime-time weekly series on CNBC, beginning 2015.

Next, “Jay Leno’s Garage” show resumed with its second season that premiered on June 15, 2016, which was later followed by season 3. This Season 3 began on June 28, 2017. The Season 3 was a package of total 16 episodes. Subsequently, this was followed by the fourth Season which was launched on April 19, 2018.

Within the show, Leno is likewise entrusted with the task of reviewing car and motorcycle. The review commentary involves primarily Classic Cars, Vintage Cars, Luxury Cars including the McLaren P1, the old time restored cars, and also Sports Cars. Jay Leno also owns his Big Dog Garage that is located in Burbank, California, near Hollywood Burbank Airport. It was in the year 2016 that the show “Jay Leno’s Garage” won a Primetime Emmy Award for “Outstanding Special Class – Short-Format Nonfiction Program”.

It was on April 16, 2019, that CNBC made an announcement to premiere the fifth season of the show beginnning on August 28, 2019. The newly compiled episodes involving fresh review comments by Leno were launched on April 15, 2020 was followed by the second half of season 5 that was subsequently launched on May 20, 2020 by CNBC.

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