The accidental fire, which happened in early June, left Johns “seriously injured” and requiring care in a specialist burns unit in Wales.A statement shared with NME on June 13 said: “Jeff Johns, known to all as Big Jeff, has been very seriously injured in a fire at his home in Bristol.
He is in a specialist burns unit in Swansea in a stable condition. His family have asked for people to keep Jeff in their thoughts and prayers at this very difficult time.
His friends have set up a playlist on Spotify ‘Play a record for Big Jeff’.”Johns was in intensive care, “unconscious” and under “heavy sedation” for a time following the accident.
In late June, his family revealed Johns had managed to come off his ventilator, was conscious and had started to make “some good progress”.