Protected and sound.
Dick Van Dyke has not evacuated his Malibu dwelling because the LA fires proceed to tear by way of Southern California, the legendary actor’s spouse, Arlene Silver, revealed.
In an Instagram Dwell on Jan. 12, Silver, 53, shared that the $8 million home she shares with the 99-year-old “Mary Poppins” star continues to be standing regardless of the lethal blazes, which destroyed different celeb abodes in Malibu and adjoining areas.
Sitting in her automobile, Van Dyke’s spouse of virtually 13 years mentioned that the visitor home on the Malibu property did catch hearth however solely sustained minimal injury.
Nonetheless, with the Palisades hearth having destroyed many of the coastal Pacific Palisades group, the couple are with out energy and have been utilizing a gasoline generator.
“Keeping Dick warm and entertained has been the two things that have been my top priority, so, you know, we don’t have power […] or regular electricity, so we don’t have Wi-Fi,” Silver mentioned, including that the pair have been counting on her camper to prepare dinner and cost their gadgets.
Silver additionally shared that even with the various pure disasters Malibu frequently faces, she and Van Dyke don’t have any need to relocate.
“Dick is more comfortable here than anywhere else,” she mentioned. “It’s easier to take care of him here.”
Describing the famed actor as a “trooper,” Silver added, “I don’t know of any other person of, you know, senior citizen age that would put up with this.”
Van Dyke isn’t any stranger to Malibu’s wildfires.
Simply final month — and mere weeks earlier than his 99th birthday — the star was evacuated from the Los Angeles celeb enclave after the Franklin hearth threatened his dwelling.
“It was coming from the hill, you could see it,” Van Dyke mentioned in an interview on “Today” on the time.
“And oh my God, and we got out of here,” he added. “I was trying to crawl to the car, I had exhausted myself, I couldn’t get up.”
Fortunately, Van Dyke’s neighbors got here to his rescue.
“Three neighbors came and carried me out and came back and put out a little fire in the guest house and saved me,” he revealed.
After the terrifying evacuation, Van Dyke posted on Fb confirming that he and Silver made it to security together with their animals, besides their cat Bobo, who escaped as they fled the flames. Fortunately, the couple discovered the feline once they returned dwelling.
