Fire at popular Sydney restaurant Porteno

By Tom Decent
Updated January 10 2015 - 2:18am, first published January 9 2015 - 11:26pm
Firefighters at the scene of the fire at Porteno.  Photo: Tom Decent
Firefighters at the scene of the fire at Porteno. Photo: Tom Decent
NSW Fire & Rescue attend the fire at Porteno restaurant on Cleveland St, Surry Hills.
9th January 2015 Photo: Wolter Peeters
NSW Fire & Rescue attend the fire at Porteno restaurant on Cleveland St, Surry Hills. 9th January 2015 Photo: Wolter Peeters
NSW Fire & Rescue attend the fire at Porteno restaurant on Cleveland St, Surry Hills. Photo: Wolter Peeters
NSW Fire & Rescue attend the fire at Porteno restaurant on Cleveland St, Surry Hills. Photo: Wolter Peeters
NSW Fire & Rescue attend the fire at Porteno restaurant on Cleveland St, Surry Hills.
9th January 2015 Photo: Wolter Peeters
NSW Fire & Rescue attend the fire at Porteno restaurant on Cleveland St, Surry Hills. 9th January 2015 Photo: Wolter Peeters
NSW Fire & Rescue attend the fire at Porteno restaurant on Cleveland St, Surry Hills. Photo: Wolter Peeters
NSW Fire & Rescue attend the fire at Porteno restaurant on Cleveland St, Surry Hills. Photo: Wolter Peeters
NSW Fire & Rescue attend the fire at Porteno restaurant on Cleveland St, Surry Hills.
9th January 2015
 Photo: Wolter Peeters
NSW Fire & Rescue attend the fire at Porteno restaurant on Cleveland St, Surry Hills. 9th January 2015 Photo: Wolter Peeters
Porteno restaurant on fire. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Porteno restaurant on fire. Photo: Wolter Peeters
NSW Fire & Rescue attend the fire at Porteno restaurant on Cleveland St, Surry Hills.
9th January 2015 Photo: Wolter Peeters
NSW Fire & Rescue attend the fire at Porteno restaurant on Cleveland St, Surry Hills. 9th January 2015 Photo: Wolter Peeters
NSW Fire & Rescue attend the fire at Porteno restaurant on Cleveland St, Surry Hills. Photo: Wolter Peeters
NSW Fire & Rescue attend the fire at Porteno restaurant on Cleveland St, Surry Hills. Photo: Wolter Peeters
NSW Fire & Rescue attend the fire at Porteno restaurant on Cleveland St, Surry Hills.
9th January 2015 Photo: Wolter Peeters
NSW Fire & Rescue attend the fire at Porteno restaurant on Cleveland St, Surry Hills. 9th January 2015 Photo: Wolter Peeters
NSW Fire & Rescue attend the fire at Porteno restaurant on Cleveland St, Surry Hills. Photo: Wolter Peeters
NSW Fire & Rescue attend the fire at Porteno restaurant on Cleveland St, Surry Hills. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Ben Milgate looks on with his staff outside his restaurant Porteno in Surry Hills.

 Photo: Wolter Peeters
Ben Milgate looks on with his staff outside his restaurant Porteno in Surry Hills. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Porteno restaurant on fire. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Porteno restaurant on fire. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Porteno restaurant on fire. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Porteno restaurant on fire. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Porteno restaurant on fire. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Porteno restaurant on fire. Photo: Wolter Peeters

Twenty staff were forced to flee a popular Surry Hills restaurant after a fire broke out on Friday afternoon.