The nearly 99-year-old said he was trying to crawl to his car when three neighbors came to the rescue. Dick Van Dyke recounted his harrowing Malibu fire evacuation story on Thursday. The nearly 99-year-old said his neighbors helped carry him to the car as they watched the blaze approach.

Dick Van Dyke was forced to evacuate his Malibu, California, home from the raging wildfires. Van Dyke shared that he struggled and had to be carried to his car by neighbors.

Dick Van Dyke credits neighbors with saving his life and his house after the Franklin Fire inched its way to toward his Malibu home earlier this week.

Three neighbors came and carried me out and came back and put out a little fire in the guest house and saved me,” the beloved actor said.

The beloved actor fled his home with wife Arlene Silver on Tuesday, though one of his cats escaped during the evacuation.

A raging wildfire fire fanned by strong Santa Ana winds has spread to nearly 4,000 acres in Malibu, California.

Dick Van Dyke shared an update on Facebook, letting his many fans know he and wife, Arlene Silver, "safely evacuated" their Malibu home during wildfires.