Jay Leno is recovering in Grossman Burn Center after suffering injuries from a car fire

Jay Leno was set to appear at a conference and was forced to cancel after suffering serious facial injuries from a car fire that happened over the weekend.

Sources tell us Jay was in the Burbank garage where he stores his classic cars on Saturday. While working on one of the cars, out of nowhere it erupted into flames without warning. The flames burned the entire left side of Jay’s face. He was immediately rushed to the Grossman Burn Center and has been there since.

As of 3:58pm PST the latest update to TMZ, Jay told them … “I got some serious burns from a gasoline fire. I am ok. Just need a week or two to get back on my feet.”

All of Jay’s events for the week have been cancelled. Medically, we have been told that thankfully his eyes and ears were not injured.