El Mirage, Jan 24 (AP) Deputies found five people dead in a Southern California desert community on Tuesday night, authorities said.

San Bernardino County Sheriff's deputies were called to an area off Highway 395 in El Mirage for a wellness check around 8:15 p.m. and found the bodies, sheriff's spokesperson Mara Rodriguez said in an email. Members of the department's specialised investigations division responded to conduct the investigation.

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El Mirage is about 50 miles (80 kilometres) northeast of Los Angeles.

Authorities did not release details about how or when the people died or who they were.

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Images from the scene show yellow tape stretched across a dirt road with police vehicles in the distance. (AP)

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