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.

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.

What to KnowSix-time Emmy winner Dick Van Dyke recounted the harrowing moments a wind-driven wildfire neared his home above the Malibu coast. The screen and stage actor, who turns 99 Friday, says he tried to undo a snarled fire hose when he saw the Franklin Fire near his Serra Retreat neighborhood.