This large tree, uprooted during Sunday night's storm, landed on a home in the 500 block of Lycoming Street, just down the street from city fire headquarters. No one was injured, and residents were told to "shelter in place." PHILIP HOLMES/Sun-Gazette

A Little League Baseball game at Bruce E. Henry Park on Ritchey Street, just west of Northway Road, Loyalsock Township, was interrupted late Sunday afternoon after a baseball coach received an electric shock when the fence he was leaning up against suddenly became energized, according to Loyalsock Township Fire Chief Rich Caschera.

The coach, whose identity was not released, was not harmed and he declined medical treatment following the incident, which occurred about 4:20 p.m., Cashera said.

“High winds were kicking up. The winds dislodged a component, a fuse mechanism, on top of a transformer,” Caschera explained.

A powerline blew off the transformer, came in contact with a support wire, which in turn energized a nearby fence in the dugout, where the coach was with other team members, Cashera said. The name of the team the coach was coaching was not known.

While the game was stopped, players were practicing on the field when firefighters arrived on the scene.

Coaches and the umpire had moved quickly to get all players safely away from the fence, Caschera said.

Using a two-foot long tool called “a hot stick,” firefighters confirmed that there was an electrical current running through the fence.

The firefighters ordered everyone off the field until a PPL crew arrived and isolated-corrected the problem, Cashera said. The players were moved to an adjacent field at the park.

The game resumed about 5:30 p.m., but it was unknown how many more innings were played before the region was hit by an intense thunderstorm.

The storm lasted about 90 minutes, downing numerous trees and a few powerlines, according to emergency responders.

In Muncy, a tree reportedly pulled down a powerline in the 100 block of Pepper Street, knocking out electricity to several homes in the neighborhood.

In Montoursville, a bolt of lightning hit a home in the 1200 block of Cherry Street, setting fire to lint in a dryer, borough fire officials said.

“A neighbor witnessed the lightning strike and then saw flames coming from a dryer vent,” a borough fire officer said.

The fire was confined to the dryer and quickly put out, he added.

Montoursville firemen also responded to a pole fire in the 2000 block of Quaker State Road in Fairfield Township.

The county’s Department of Public Safety reported that the 911 center received close to 50 emergency calls that were storm related. At least eight of those calls occurred in the city.

A small part of a roof reportedly blew off a house in the 600 block of Sheridan Street.

A large tree toppled and landed on a home in the 500 block of Lycoming Street, just east of city fire headquarters. No one was injured in either incident.

Campbell Street at Oak Ridge Place was down to one lane after a large tree branch toppled there.