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

Dick Van Dyke is an iconic actor — and his eight decades in show business have made him a very rich man. Van Dyke caught the acting bug while serving in the armed forces during World War II. Initially a radio announcer,

Actor Dick Van Dyke was among thousands of Malibu residents forced to flee their homes because of the Franklin fire.

Hollywood legend Dick Van Dyke recalls how he was rescued by neighbors as this week's wildfire moved toward his Malibu home. Van Dyke invited NBC News' Dana Griffin into his home for an interview a day before his 99th birthday.

Dick Van Dyke famously played a family man on television, and it turns out the iconic actor is just as devoted a dad to his four children in real life.