LOS ANGELES -- Actor Peter Barton of television's 'Code Red' series was released from the hospital Saturday, a month after being seriously burned in a freak accident on the set.
Barton was burned Nov. 12 when he fell on a phosphorous flare during filming of a scene with Louis Gossett Jr.
Barton received third-degree burns over a small portion of his body. Gosset was burned on his hands and neck but was not hospitalized.
The scene called for Barton to walk backward while pulling a chair to which Gossett was tied. Barton stumbled and fell on the burning flare, which set his clothes on fire.
A spokesman for Sherman Oaks Community Hospital's burn ward said the actor required three skin grafts and plastic surgery but has 'healed beautifully.' There was no word on when Barton would return to the ABC series.
