Comic Jay Leno, in his first interview since struggling extreme burns whereas engaged on one in all his traditional automobiles on Nov. 12, stated he initially ignored medical doctors’ suggestion that he go to a hospital for therapy.

He finally spent 9 days at a burn heart, the place he underwent pores and skin graft surgical procedure and acquired hyperbaric oxygen remedy to assist the therapeutic course of.

Leno, on NBC’s “Immediately,” stated he was injured whereas attempting to unclog the gas line on a 1907 White steam automobile. He requested a good friend, Dave Killackey, to assist by blowing some air by means of the road.

“Out of the blue, increase, I obtained a face filled with gasoline, and the pilot gentle jumped and my face caught on fireplace,” Leno stated.

Killackey pulled Leno from below the automobile and put out the flames. He described the accidents as “horrific.”

“He was actually engulfed. I could not even see his face,” Killackey stated. “It was a wall of fireplace.”

Leno stated his proper ear needed to be reconstructed, and his fingers have been burned “fairly unhealthy.” However he stated nobody ought to fear about him.

“Individuals who work with their arms get injured each single day,” he stated. “I do not need to be some whiny superstar.”

Leno, who headlined the 2015 Nationwide Car Sellers Affiliation conference, joked that the worst a part of the ordeal was seeing a lot gasoline go to waste.

“We’re in California,” he stated. “It is $7 a gallon.”