/**
 * Escape special characters in an HTML string.
 *
 * @param html - The HTML string to escape.
 * @returns The escaped HTML string.
 * @example
 * const html = '<div class="example">Hello & welcome!</div>';
 * // returns '&lt;div class=&quot;example&quot;&gt;Hello &amp; welcome!&lt;/div&gt;'
 * const escaped = escapeHTML(html);
 */
export declare const escapeHTML: (html: string) => string;