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Did I just ruin my amp

First, this is my first tube amp hence the dumb mistake.  Over the past few days my stereo has been making an intermittent high pitch squealing sound which I thought was caused by some ground or feedback issue but now see was a power tube dying.  Yesterday my wife said she heard some weird sound coming from the speakers. She called me in and I saw what looked like fire in one of the power tubes. I immediately unplugged everything and that is where things now stand. Help on what to do next would be appreciated. I have a full set of extra power tubes which I was thinking of putting in the amp but I wanted to hear from more experienced people before doing this. Thanks. 
westside15
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twoleftears
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If this is your amp it appears to have one fuse integrated in the power socket on the rear.  Nowhere does it divulge the value of the fuse or whether it's fast- or slo-blo.  It also appears to be self-biasing.
http://www.melodyamplifier.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/DARK-EL34-MULTILINGUE.pdf
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jond
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A google image of the back panel states under the iec input F-8A which should indicate a Fast Blo 8amp fuse.
westside15 OP
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Thanks everyone for the information and good news. Best Christmas present I could have gotten. 
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kalali
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Speaking as a new tube newbie, if something like that happened to me, I would want to find out why so I can avoid it the next time. Was the tube old and had reached its end of life or what?


westside15 OP
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As jond and twoleftears mentioned I took out the fuse holder that was integrated into the power socket. Took a look and not only does there seem to have a backup fuse located in the part that I pulled out but the original fuse seems to be intact. Perhaps I got to it before it blew.

kalali - I bought the unit used a while ago and while I believe the amp to be really well made I had been warned that the tubes that Melody included are junk. 
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