Long Island volunteer firefighter Jonathan Quiles is accused of intentionally setting a brush fire in Medford, New York.

A volunteer firefighter on Long Island was arrested Tuesday night after allegedly admitting to setting one of the brush fires that swept through the town of Medford earlier in the day, according to a local official.

A Medford volunteer firefighter was arrested Tuesday for intentionally setting a brush fire in the community, Suffolk County police said. Jonathan Quiles, 20, of Meyer Lane, is accused of lighting a fire in a wooded area on Mount Vernon Avenue at about 3:35 p.m. Tuesday, police said in a news release.