Metro-Nashville Fire Department captain Jeffery Todd Neely has been arrested in connection to a scheme in which he set fire to his home last year to collect insurance money, state law enforcement officials announced Wednesday.

Neely, 48, was arrested Tuesday after being indicted last week on arson and insurance fraud charges, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

“The Nashville Fire Department was made aware of the indictment of Captain Jeffrey Neely on Wednesday afternoon," the department said in a statement.

"Per departmental policy, NFD administration placed Captain Neely on administrative leave pending an internal investigation. We will have no further comment about the criminal investigation at this time.”

On Sept. 7, TBI agents began an investigation into a Sept. 5, fire that occurred at the home at 1055 White Bluff Rd. in White Bluff, Tenn.

During the course of the investigation, the TBI said, it was determined that Neely intentionally set fire to his own residence.

As a result of the investigation, on Oct. 18, a Grand Jury returned the indictment. Neely was arrested and booked into Dickson County Jail on a $50,000 bond on Oct. 24.

Neely posted bond, according to jail officials.

The home fire was extinguished Labor Day last year by White Bluff firefighters only to catch fire again later, resulting in a total loss, according to White Bluff Fire Chief Eric Deal.

“There was considerable damage to the center portion of the house. It was extinguished. All the utilities were disconnected to the house,” said Deal last year.

Neely was taken to the hospital for chest pains after the fire, Deal said at the time.

“It was a total loss,” said Deal about the condition when firefighters arrived. “The roof had already collapsed. The whole house had already collapsed to the basement.”

No one was inside the home when the fire rekindled, Deal said.

“Just because of the nature and it rekindling 19 hours after we were there the first time, we contacted the state arson investigation division to take a look at it and let them be the ones to determine the cause,” Deal said.

Chris Gadd contributed to this story.