Two 14-year-old girls are dead after they were found outside a residence on St. Theresa Point First Nation Wednesday morning.

RCMP officers from the Island Lake detachment responded to a report of two females found outside the home. They were then taken to a nursing station where they were pronounced deceased.

It is believed that they were outside for a period of time when the temperature was around -23 overnight.

Autopsies will be conducted and Island Lake RCMP continue to investigate.