And carefully look for something that has shorted. SOMETHING let a lot of current through there and took out your transistor. It is relatively uncommon for a transistor to fail like that. The 2SA726 is notorious for going noisy or failing, but not catastrophically shorting like that... at least not in my limited experience.
If you don't find the device that shorted, then you risk blowing the new replacement components.
If you don't find the device that shorted, then you risk blowing the new replacement components.