Jay Leno’s ‘face caught on fire’ during car garage explosion

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The former “Tonight Show” host and his friend, Dave Killackey, were working on a 1907 White Steam Car in the garage of Leno’s Los Angeles home when a blaze broke out.

“The fuel line was clogged, so I was underneath it,” Leno, 72, explained to Hoda Kotb during an NBC News “Today” show interview that will air in full on Wednesday.

“And I said, ‘Blow some air through the line.’ And suddenly, boom, I got a face full of gas.”

The avid car collector recalled the pilot light jumping, after which his “face caught on fire.”

Despite the horrifying ordeal, Leno said he managed to calmly relay the information to Killackey, who acted quickly.

“And then Dave, my friend, pulled me out and jumped on top of me and kind of smothered the fire,” he explained.