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.

Other celebrities living in the area, including "Star Wars actor Mark Hamill, are in "lockdown": "Please stay safe everyone!"

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.

The fast-growing Franklin Fire is burning through Malibu, California, and celebrities are facing the fire's course by sheltering or evacuating.

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.

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

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.