Jay Leno was significantly burned in a storage fireplace in better Los Angeles Saturday after certainly one of his vehicles erupted in flames, the comic introduced.
“I obtained some severe burns from a gasoline fireplace. I’m okay. Simply want every week or two to get again on my ft,” Leno stated in an announcement to NBC Information on Monday.
Leno was working at his storage when a flash fireplace began in a automobile, a consultant for Leno stated. The comic homes an estimated 180 vehicles and 160 bikes at his storage at Hollywood Burbank Airport, in line with duPont Registry, a market and publication for uncommon and traditional auto collectors.
In an announcement, Burbank Fireplace Division stated it responded to a medical emergency within the space of Leno’s storage at 12:28 p.m. Saturday. The affected person, which the division didn’t establish, was taken to a hospital.
The storage, which employs mechanics and help employees to keep up and restore autos in Leno’s assortment, can also be the situation of his Massive Canine Productions firm.
In July, duPont Registry estimated Leno’s automobile assortment was value slightly greater than $50 million, and that his complete web value was a couple of half-billion {dollars}.
The storage, famend amongst car aficionados for its means to revive autos in-house, is the positioning of two exhibits branded “Jay Leno’s Storage” — one with weekly episodes on his 3.4 million-subscriber YouTube channel, and his CNBC program that includes stars and their vehicles.
It’s not clear which automobile was concerned. A lot of Leno’s autos, together with steam-powered fashions and a jet-powered automobile, predate modern security and effectivity requirements.
The 72-year-old comic and former “Tonight Show” host canceled a Las Vegas efficiency scheduled for Sunday evening after struggling “a really severe medical emergency,” People reported.
He was initially rushed to a Burbank hospital on Saturday earlier than he was taken to a burn heart in Los Angeles, an individual accustomed to the incident informed NBC Information.
The veteran entertainer suffered burns to the left aspect of his face and was in the end taken to the Grossman Burn Middle in West Hills, the place he stays, TMZ originally reported and Leno’s consultant confirmed. The flames didn’t penetrate Leno’s eyes or ears, the consultant stated.
Leno is a luminary within the automobile world and will get the type of celeb therapy his late evening present reserved for prime company.
His appearances at California’s Pebble Seaside Concours d’Magnificence and on the Audrain Concours + Motor Week in Newport, Rhode Island, generate native headlines.
In 2017, Massive Canine registered the identify, sketch and signature of Jay Leno for a potential line of automobile care merchandise.
The comic has famously stated he does not spend any of the tens of millions of {dollars} he made internet hosting the “Tonight Present” on cars or anything else — he has it in financial savings.
Leno has maintained a comparatively low profile at house, the place he is carried out for years on off nights on the Comedy & Magic Membership in Hermosa Seaside, which had him scheduled to carry out Nov. 20.
It wasn’t clear if the incident would have an effect on his CNBC present’s schedule. A consultant of that present didn’t instantly reply to a request for data. It’s taped far prematurely of airing every season.
All of his engagements for the week have been canceled.
Dennis Romero and Gemma DiCasimirro contributed.
