After the Croatian War of Independence ended, the immense consequence and problem it left behind were areas contaminated with explosive mines. The largest contaminated areas are located in: Lika-Senj County, Sisak-Moslavina County and Osijek-Baranja County. A mine is an explosive which can injure or kill a person; mines are divided into anti-personnel and anti-tank mines. One of the biggest issues occurring on such contaminated areas are open fires and the damage they cause, which is the topic of this paper. Fires are one of the strongest forces of nature that destroy everything; if a fire erupts on areas contaminated with mine explosives, the consequences are immeasurable since firefighting aircrafts have no or very limited access to the area in order to extinguish the fire. The most endangered areas are located at the Mediterranean and sub-Mediterranean parts of the Republic of Croatia, in particular those parts which are covered in forests. The damage caused by fires is visible on such areas in the disruption of ecological balance, environment appearance change, reduced soil quality, erosions, loss of biological diversity of flora and fauna, while the damage on the economy is large and difficult to compensate for. At the moment, restoration of burned areas contaminated with explosive mines is still a problem with no solution in sight. In order to evaluate the damage occurred on areas that cannot be accessed, remote investigation methods have proven to be quick and efficient and they enable enough precision in determining the damage strength and intensity on the forest stands and infrastructure. The Republic of Croatia has been making great efforts in order to demine the areas contaminated with explosive mines and create conditions for normal life. Special attention should be placed on population education in order to reduce fire occurrence, in particular on those areas contaminated with explosive mines.