Dyke, 87, later tweeted a picture of his car, with the caption "Used Jag for sale REAL CHEAP!!"
The actor's wife, Arlene Van Dyke, tweeted a Vine video of the aftermath and wrote "He's fine thank God!!" after the incident. Dyke retweeted her post and later shared his own picture of the incident.
The California Highway Patrol were alerted about the incident at about 2 pm, said Hollywood Reporter quoting the agency's incident log.
Hollywood website TMZ posted the video of Van Dyke's burning car, with a man named Jason Pennington telling the site he pulled the actor from the car.
