Dick Van Dyke pulled from burning car

Actor Dick Van Dyke has been pulled from a burning car when his his car burst into flames on a freeway in Los Angeles.

The 87-year-old, best known for his roles in Mary Poppins and Diagnosis Murder, was pulled from his Jaguar started smoking on the side of  LA’s Ventura freeway.

Passers-by saw Van Dyke seemingly slumped over in the driver’s seat on the shoulder, however he was actually trying to make a phone call, said Dick, unaware the car was on fire.

They “yanked me out of the car” before it went up in flames.

“It just started making a noise, and I thought I had a flat at first, then it started to smoke, then it burned to a crisp,” he told celebrity news site TMZ.

Van Dyke said that not only had he escaped unhurt, but “there was a fireman, a nurse and a cop just happened to be passing by. Somebody’s looking after me”.

“Tell ’em I have a nice used car for sale,” he told the TMZ reporter.

WATCH: The video posted online by Van Dyke’s wife, Arlene, that shows the charred wreckage of the car.