Dick Van Dyke, 98, crawled to his car before being rescued by neighbours in Malibu fires

Beloved star Dick Van Dyke has detailed his harrowing escape from fires in Malibu just days before his 99th birthday.

Dick Van Dyke barely escaped his Malibu mansion as wildfires engulfed the surrounding area in flames.

On Thursday, the Mary Poppins star told local news outlet NBC that he had “exhausted” himself trying to untangle his fire hose when his neighbours came to the rescue.

“It was coming from the hill, you could see it,” Van Dyke recalled of the blaze.

“I was trying to crawl to the car, I had exhausted myself, I couldn’t get up,” he continued. “And three neighbours came and carried me out.”

Dick Van Dyke's has detailed his harrowing escape from the Malibu fires.

The actor and his wife Arlene shared their story with NBC.

The beloved actor, who turns 99 on Friday, said the heroic citizens even “came back” to his home to “put out a little fire in the guesthouse.”

“[They] saved me,” he said.

Ring footage showed Van Dyke and his wife Arlene Silver evacuating the property with the help of their neighbours.

The star and his wife are seen on their Ring camera being helped by neighbours.

However, the pair revealed on Facebook that one of their pets had gone missing during the

mayhem.

Arlene and I have safely evacuated with our animals except for Bobo escaped as we were leaving,” Van Dyke wrote on Facebook.

“We’re praying he’ll be OK and that our community in Serra Retreat will survive these terrible fires.”

The ordeal happened just days from Van Dyke’s birthday on December 13. Picture: Amy Sussman/Getty Images

Thankfully, Bobo was waiting for Van Dyke and Silver, 53, when they returned to their home on Wednesday.

“We found Bobo as soon as we arrived back home this morning,” he added in an update alongside a photo of the furry orange feline.

“There was so much interest in his disappearance that Animal Control was called in to assist. But, thankfully he was easy to find and not harmed.”

The Franklin Fire started as a small brushfire on Monday night. However, it quickly spread beyond the Pacific Coast Highway, incinerating over 4000 acres in Malibu and causing thousands to evacuate the area.

Other stars impacted by the inferno included Cher, Barbra Streisand, Ricki Lake, Mark Hamill and more.

Earlier this week, Cher’s publicist told the New York Times she and her pets had safely checked into a hotel.

Hamill, for his part, told his Instagram followers he was “in lockdown because of the Malibu fires.”

“Please stay safe everyone! I’m not allowed to leave the house, which fits in perfectly with my elderly-recluse lifestyle.”

This article originally appeared in Page Six and was reproduced with permission

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