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 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.

National treasure Dick Van Dyke revealed in an interview with the Today Show that his neighbors saved him while he was trying to evacuate from his Malibu home during this week’s Franklin Fire. The wildfire burned more than 2,