The comedian and car collector drove to feed emergency responders barbecue dinners in a 1941 American LaFrance fire truck.
The formerTonight Showhost noted that people were coming together amid the massive wildfires plaguing the region on several fronts.
“The last I remember was 9/11,” Leno said.
Jay Leno supported firefighters in Los Angeles.Credit:Paul Morigi/Getty
The sense of community.
And it’s happening here today.
I mean, it’s a shame that’s what it takes."
Jay Leno poses with his 1941 American LaFrance fire truck in 2003.Bauer-Griffin/GC Images
“We got a big barbecue going, because, you know, they’re all getting boxed lunches.
We figured, let’s get some hot food.
So it’s kinda fun.
I drove a 1941 American LaFrance fire truck.”
“I mean, it’s 10,000 buildings.
If you drove all day, you couldn’t see 10,000 buildings.
I mean, you get on that hill and you look for miles and there’s nothing.
It looks like Hiroshima or just some horrible thing.”
Leno projected that “the problems will be insurmountable, but we’ll get through it.
We always do.”
The current tragedy in Los Angeles hits close to home literally and figuratively for the formerTonight Showhost.
“I was under the car maybe 10 seconds before Dave pulled me out.
Any longer than that I could have lost my eye.”
“I know how bad it could have been, but I’m okay,” Leno said.
