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The vast majority of gas boilers use electronics to function. In a powercut they are also dead.
Now if you're talking diesel generator back ups, then far enough.
Even gas stoves won’t work when the power is down, for the same reason.
Heard of a match?
If you have a gas stove you really shouldn't be using it without the fan running.
A power outage is one of those times as people are tempted to use it more and for longer if it's the easiest source of heat.
When I lived in Pittsburgh many years ago, we had a full blizzard come through and our furnace went out in our “nice neighborhood/slumlord landlord” house. Benzene or no, the stove and oven kept us from freezing.