The brother of Quinn Industrial Holdings chief Kevin Lunney said he thought he was in his burning car on the night he was abducted.
Tony Lunney told of his relief when he discovered he wasn’t but said his next thought was what happened to his sibling in Co Fermanagh last month.
He revealed: “I ran up the lane and all I could see was Kevin’s vehicle... I didn’t know... It was just a complete ball of flames,” he said.
“You couldn’t see anything of any resemblance of anything, it was just unbelievable, the fire ball it was in. And then the fire brigade came and I went back down and said ‘is there anyone in the vehicle?’ and he confirmed there was no one in it."
He added: “There’s a shrubbery area to the left of the lane and we started searching.
“We were shouting out for him but there was no response. That was when we heard the PSNI [say] that he had been found in Cornafean in Cavan – 22 miles from his home in Kinawley.
“So I rang gardai right away but they said they knew nothing about it.”
Tony told RTE's PrimeTime how Kevin was found by a young man on a tractor, who originally thought it was a prank and rang his mother.
Through this woman, Kevin was able to make contact with his wife. Tony added: “She said the guards came and an ambulance was on the way to get him.
“We were at Cavan Hospital when he came in, he was wrapped up because his face was damaged but I was amazed at how alert he was. It was a miracle he was found.
“Kevin is in good spirits, he’s still in quite a bit of pain but he’s on the mend.”
Tony added that he believed Kevin would not have survived the night if he had not been found.
He said: "He dragged himself 100, 150 meters down to the crossroads and kind of up towards the light of the house,” he said.
“That's where the lad on the tractor happened to see him just putting the hand up, he wasn't fit to stand, and that's what saved him. If he hadn't have been found he definitely wouldn't have survived,” he added.
There have still been no arrests for the abduction of Mr Lunney.
