ARE SOME SIMILARITIES NO EVIDENCE LINKING THOSE TWO CASES. >>> NOW TO JAY LENO BACK ON STAGE TONIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE SUFFERING SERIOUS BURNS IN AN ACCIDENT WHILE WORKING ON ONE OF HIS CARS. ABC'S ZOHREEN SHAH HAS MORE. GOOD MORNING, ZOHREEN. >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING, EVA, FOR OVER 40 YEARS JAY LENO HAS A SORT OF RESIDENCY CLUB HERE IN HERMOSA BEACH, NOW AFTER HIS ACCIDENT HE WANTED TO BE BACK AT WORK FOR ASAP, FOR MOST OF PEOPLE THAT'S STILL A WHILE, FOR JAY LENO IT'S 15 DAYS. HE'LL BE PERFORMING IN FRONT OF A SOLD-OUT CROWD HERE TONIGHT. THIS MORNING, JAY LENO HOURS AWAY FROM HITTING THE STAGE, HIS FIRST PERFORMANCE SINCE SUFFERING SERIOUS BURNS AFTER A FIRE BREAK OUT IN HIS GARAGE TWO WEEKS AGO. ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT CANADA CATCHING HIM AT A GAS STATION ON WEDNESDAY. >> DRIVING THAT CAR ANY TIME SOON? >> WHICH ONE? YEAH. >> Reporter: ANTICIPATION HIGH FOR THE BELOVED STANDUP COMEDIAN, TICKETS SELLING OUT WITHIN HOURS AT THE COMEDY AND MAGIC CLUB IN HERMOSA BEACH. WHAT KIND OF RECEPTION DO YOU THINK HE'S GOING TO GET TOMORROW NIGHT WHEN HE APPEARS ON STAGE? >> ADULATION, HE'S DONE A LOT FOR THE TOWN. JAY LENO, HE'S A LOCAL INSTITUTION. >> Reporter: ONE OF THE MECHANICS SAYING HE WAS WORKING A CAR IN HIS BURBANK HOME WHEN GAS SPRAYED AND THEN IGNITED. LENO UNDERGOING TWO SURGERIES AT THE GROSSMAN BURN CENTER FOR HIS FACE, HANDS AND CHEST. HE RELEASED A STATEMENT ACKNOWLEDGING THE SEVERITY OF HIS BURNS BUT WAS HOPEFUL OF A QUICK RETURN. >> IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME, IT'S JUST COMPLETELY KEEPING WITH HIS CHARACTER, THERE'S NOT MANY PEOPLE THAT CAN MEASURE UP TO HIS PERFORMANCE THROUGH THE HISTORY OF COMEDY. >> Reporter: NOW THIS CLUB IN HERMOSA IS ABOUT AN HOUR AWAY FROM JAY LENO'S HOME, BUT REMEMBER, HE LOVES DRIVING AND HE HAS A SORT OF SOFT SPOT FOR THIS CLUB. I CAN SAY THIS AS SOMEONE WHO GREW UP CLOSE BY WE HAVE A SOFT SPOT FOR HIM, TOO.