CENTERPORT, N.Y. -- A 64-year-old man trapped since Tuesday by a pile of garbage and appliances in his Long Island home was rescued early Saturday morning, authorities said.

Charles Ruoff suffered dehydration, hypothermia and general weakness, Suffolk County police said. He was taken to the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Northport after he was found by police on the second floor of his house, a decrepit structure with major damage, including a wall destroyed by a fallen tree. A hospital spokesman refused to give Ruoff's condition.

Centerport Fire Department Chief John Giacoppi said the house, which has been condemned, was extremely unsafe.

He said Ruoff apparently was living among the pile of debris, which stood about 7 feet high and went from wall to wall in his second-floor bedroom, and became caught between the pile and a wall. The New York Post reported that the mountain was made up of bags of Ruoff's own feces, jars of urine and other debris.

An anonymous caller phoned 911 around 3:20 a.m. Saturday and requested that police check on Ruoff because the man had not been seen for several days. Police entered the home and heard Ruoff calling for help in a weak voice.

The fire department's technical rescue team had to help get Ruoff out.