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.

The beloved entertainer, who just turned 99, also shared an update on a pet cat named Bobo, who went missing amid the California blaze.

Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP Hollywood legend Dick Van Dyke was among tens of thousands of people in Malibu, California forced to evacuate because of widespread wildfires. Van Dyke, who turned 99 on Friday,

Beloved actor Dick Van Dyke recalled how he escaped the fast-moving Franklin Fire raging through Malibu this week, thanks to the help of his quick-thinking neighbors.